Flame-made Nb-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles for application in polymer solar cells

2010 IEEE 5th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 61-65

  Kruefu, Viruntachar ^a   Liewhiran, Chaikarn ^a   Khantha, Chanitpa ^a   Phanichphant, Sukon ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Flame spray pyrolysis; Niobium; Solarc cells; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BET ANALYSIS; CATALYTIC METALS; CONTROLLED SIZE; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINITIES; DOPED ZNO; ETHOXIDES; FLAME SPRAY PYROLYSIS; HEXAGONAL PARTICLES; HIGH PURITY; MORPHOLOGY AND SIZE; NANOSIZED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED PARTICLES; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; ONE STEP; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; PURE ZNO; ROD-LIKE MORPHOLOGY; SOLARC CELLS; TEM; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO NANOROD;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FLAME SPRAYING; FLAME SYNTHESIS; GAS ADSORPTION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM OXIDE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SPRAY GUNS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 78649254836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEMS.2010.5592148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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