Efficient photovoltage multiplication in carbon nanotubes

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 672-676

  Yang, Leijing ^a   Wang, Sheng ^a   Zeng, Qingsheng ^a   Zhang, Zhiyong ^a   Pei, Tian ^a   Li, Yan ^a,b   Peng, Lian Mao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 80455160206     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.250     Document Type: Article

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