High electrical conductivity and n-type thermopower from double-/single-wall carbon nanotubes by manipulating charge interactions between nanotubes and organic/inorganic nanomaterials

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 4745-4751

  Ryu, Yeontack ^a   Freeman, Dallas ^a   Yu, Choongho ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHARGE INTERACTIONS; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; DOUBLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE FILMS; ORGANIC/INORGANIC; P-TYPE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; TETRAFLUORO-TETRACYANOQUINODIMETHANE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS; THERMOPOWERS;

COPPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ENERGY CONVERSION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 80051784002     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.06.082     Document Type: Article

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