Tailoring optical and electrical properties of carbon nanotube networks for photovoltaic applications

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4397-4402

  Ren, Liqiang ^a   Wang, Shiren ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORK; CNT FILMS; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; LONG NANOTUBE; NETWORK MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SURFACE RESISTIVITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; NITRIC ACID; OPACITY; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSPARENCY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77957145988     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.07.054     Document Type: Article

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