Influence of solvent on the dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotubes in polymer matrix and the photovoltaic performance

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 10932-10936

  Chang, Cheng Kai ^a,b   Hwang, Jeong Yuan ^a,b   Lai, Wei Jung ^a   Chen, Chun Wei ^a   Huang, Ching I ^a   Chen, Kuei Hsien ^a,b   Chen, Li Chyong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DECAY RATE; EXCITON LIFETIME; MATRIX; O-XYLENE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; QUENCH RATE; SOLVENT EFFECTS; SWNT DISPERSIONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DECAY (ORGANIC); DISPERSIONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 77953788089     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp103601k     Document Type: Article

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