Photothermoelectric effects in single-walled carbon nanotube films: Reinterpreting scanning photocurrent experiments

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-81

  St Antoine, Benoit C ^a   Ménard, David ^a   Martel, Richard ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; doping; photoconductivity; photothermoelectric; Seebeck coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856721524     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0186-x     Document Type: Article

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