Influence of Cu nanoparticle size on the photo-electrochemical response from Cu-multiwall carbon nanotube composites

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Scarselli, M ^a   Castrucci, P ^a   Camilli, L ^a   DelGobbo, S ^a   Casciardi, S ^b   Tombolini, F ^b   Gatto, E ^a   Venanzi, M ^a   De Crescenzi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON TUBE; CHARGE CARRIER GENERATION; CRYSTALLINE METALS; CU NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRICAL AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; IONIC BONDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOSCALE ARCHITECTURES; NEAR ULTRAVIOLET; NOMINAL THICKNESS; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; PHOTORESPONSES; THERMAL DEPOSITION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ION EXCHANGE; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTONS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79251539564     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/3/035701     Document Type: Article

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