Solar cells and light sensors based on nanoparticle-grafted carbon nanotube films

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2142-2148

  Li, Xianglong ^a   Jia, Yi ^b   Wei, Jinquan ^b   Zhu, Hongwei ^b   Wang, Kunlin ^b   Wu, Dehai ^b   Cao, Anyuan ^c  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Charge transfer; Hybrid; Nanoparticles; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; CDS NANOPARTICLES; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DEVICE STABILITY; FILL FACTOR; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; HYBRID; HYBRID FILM; HYBRID NANOPARTICLE; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INCIDENT LIGHT; IV CHARACTERISTICS; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; LIGHT SENSOR; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PHOTOINDUCED DEGRADATION; PHOTORESPONSES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REVERSIBLE CHANGE; SERIES RESISTANCES; SILICON SUBSTRATES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARBON FILMS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTODEGRADATION; SENSORS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77951706956     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901563y     Document Type: Article

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