Comparison of carbon nanotube modified electrodes for photovoltaic devices

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2431-2441

  Bissett, Mark ^a   Barlow, Anders ^a   Shearer, Cameron ^a   Quinton, Jamie ^a   Shapter, Joseph George ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ATTACHMENT; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; CONDUCTIVE SILICON; COVALENT ATTACHMENT; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; GLASS SURFACES; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; NANOTUBE DENSITY; NANOTUBE GROWTH; PHOTORESPONSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBE; SUBSTRATE CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FLUORINE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON WAFERS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84858448949     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.01.065     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. R. Saito, G. Dresselhaus, and M.S. Dresselhaus Physical properties of carbon nanotubes 1998 Imperial College Press London
2. P. Avouris, M. Freitag, and V. Perebeinos Carbon-nanotube photonics and optoelectronics Nat Photonics 2 6 2008 341 350
3. Y. Zhang, and S. Iijima Elastic response of carbon nanotube bundles to visible light Phys Rev Lett 82 17 1999 3472
4. M. Freitag, Y. Martin, J.A. Misewich, R. Martel, and P. Avouris Photoconductivity of single carbon nanotubes Nano Lett 3 8 2003 1067 1071 (Pubitemid 37289297)
5. K. Balasubramanian, Y. Fan, M. Burghard, K. Kern, M. Friedrich, and U. Wannek Photoelectronic transport imaging of individual semiconducting carbon nanotubes Appl Phys Lett 84 13 2004 2400 2402
6. S. Barazzouk, S. Hotchandani, K. Vinodgopal, and P.V. Kamat Single-wall carbon nanotube films for photocurrent generation. A prompt response to visible-light irradiation J Phys Chem B 108 44 2004 17015 17018
7. J.U. Lee Photovoltaic effect in ideal carbon nanotube diodes Appl Phys Lett 87 7 2005 073101
8. A. Kongkanand, R. Martinez Dominguez, and P.V. Kamat Single wall carbon nanotube scaffolds for photoelectrochemical solar cells. Capture and transport of photogenerated electrons Nano Lett 7 3 2007 676 680 (Pubitemid 46516046)
9. Y. Shi, D. Fu, D.H. Marsh, G.A. Rance, A.N. Khlobystov, and L.-J. Li Photoresponse in self-assembled films of carbon nanotubes J Phys Chem C 112 33 2008 13004 13009
10. Z. Li, V.P. Kunets, V. Saini, Y. Xu, E. Dervishi, and G.J. Salamo Light-harvesting using high density p-type single wall carbon nanotube/n-type silicon heterojunctions ACS Nano 3 6 2009 1407 1414
11. M.A. Bissett, and J.G. Shapter Photocurrent response from vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube arrays J Phys Chem C 114 14 2010 6778 6783
12. M.A.E. Khakani, V.L. Borgne, B. Aissa, F. Rosei, C. Scilletta, and E. Speiser Photocurrent generation in random networks of multiwall-carbon-nanotubes grown by an ''all-laser'' process Appl Phys Lett 95 8 2009 083114
13. P. Castrucci, F. Tombolini, M. Scarselli, E. Speiser, S.D. Gobbo, and W. Richter Large photocurrent generation in multiwall carbon nanotubes Appl Phys Lett 89 25 2006 253107
14. Y. Kanai, and J.C. Grossman Role of semiconducting and metallic tubes in P3HT/carbon-nanotube photovoltaic heterojunctions: density functional theory calculations Nano Lett 8 3 2008 908 912
15. N.M. Dissanayake, and Z. Zhong Unexpected hole transfer leads to high efficiency single-walled carbon nanotube hybrid photovoltaic Nano Lett 11 1 2011 286 290
16. C.A. Merchant, and N. Marković The photoresponse of spray-coated and free-standing carbon nanotube films with Schottky contacts Nanotechnology 20 17 2009 175202
17. C.-Z. Li, W.-B. Choi, and C.-H. Chuang Size effects on the photoelectrochemical activities of single wall carbon nanotubes Electrochim Acta 54 2 2008 821 828
18. 2 electrodes for photoelectrochemical devices J Phys Chem C 111 30 2007 11484 11493 (Pubitemid 47317544)
19. D.D. Tune, B.S. Flavel, J.S. Quinton, A.V. Ellis, and J.G. Shapter Single walled carbon nanotube network electrodes for dye solar cells Sol Energy Mat Sol C 94 10 2010 1665 1672
20. J. Yu, B.S. Flavel, and J.G. Shapter Optical and electrochemical properties of single-walled carbon nanotube arrays attached to silicon(1 0 0) surfaces Fuller Nanotub Car N 16 1 2008 18 29
21. J.J. Gooding Nanostructuring electrodes with carbon nanotubes: a review on electrochemistry and applications for sensing Electrochim Acta 50 15 2005 3049 3060 (Pubitemid 40574563)
22. B.S. Flavel, D.J. Garrett, J. Lehr, J.G. Shapter, and A.J. Downard Chemically immobilised carbon nanotubes on silicon: stable surfaces for aqueous electrochemistry Electrochim Acta 55 12 2010 3995 4001
23. J. Yu, J.G. Shapter, M.R. Johnston, J.S. Quinton, and J.J. Gooding Electron-transfer characteristics of ferrocene attached to single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) arrays directly anchored to silicon(1 0 0) Electrochim Acta 52 21 2007 6206 6211 (Pubitemid 46782751)
24. J. Yu, S. Mathew, B.S. Flavel, M.R. Johnston, and J.G. Shapter Ruthenium porphyrin functionalized single-walled carbon nanotube arrays; a step toward light harvesting antenna and multibit information storage J Am Chem Soc 130 27 2008 8788 8796 (Pubitemid 351962514)
25. J.J. Gooding, A. Chou, J. Liu, D. Losic, J.G. Shapter, and D.B. Hibbert The effects of the lengths and orientations of single-walled carbon nanotubes on the electrochemistry of nanotube-modified electrodes Electrochem Commun 9 7 2007 1677 1683 (Pubitemid 46907782)
26. J.X. Yu, J.G. Shapter, J.S. Quinton, M.R. Johnston, and D.A. Beattie Direct attachment of well-aligned single-walled carbon nanotube architectures to silicon (1 0 0) surfaces: a simple approach for device assembly Phys Chem Chem Phys 9 4 2007 510 520
27. B.S. Flavel, J. Yu, J.G. Shapter, and J.S. Quinton Patterned attachment of carbon nanotubes to silane modified silicon Carbon 45 13 2007 2551 2558 (Pubitemid 47588198)
28. C.J. Shearer, J. Yu, K.M. O'Donnell, L. Thomsen, P.C. Dastoor, and J.S. Quinton Highly resilient field emission from aligned single-walled carbon nanotube arrays chemically attached to n-type silicon J Mater Chem 18 47 2008 5753 5760
29. M.A. Bissett, and J.G. Shapter Electrochemistry and photocurrent response from vertically-aligned chemically-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotube arrays J Electrochem Soc 158 3 2011 K53-K7
30. K. Hata, D.N. Futaba, K. Mizuno, T. Namai, M. Yumura, and S. Iijima Water-assisted highly efficient synthesis of impurity-free single-walled carbon nanotubes Science 306 5700 2004 1362 1364 (Pubitemid 39532510)
31. P.B. Amama, C.L. Pint, L. McJilton, S.M. Kim, E.A. Stach, and P.T. Murray Role of water in super growth of single-walled carbon nanotube carpets Nano Lett 9 1 2008 44 49
32. J.J. Gooding, R. Wibowo, J. Liu, W. Yang, D. Losic, and S. Orbons Protein electrochemistry using aligned carbon nanotube arrays J Am Chem Soc 125 30 2003 9006 9007 (Pubitemid 36903808)
33. J.X. Yu, D. Losic, M. Marshall, T. Bocking, J.J. Gooding, and J.G. Shapter Preparation and characterisation of an aligned carbon nanotube array on the silicon (1 0 0) surface Soft Matter 2 12 2006 Dec 1081 1088 (Pubitemid 44749452)
34. B.S. Flavel, J.X. Yu, J.G. Shapter, and J.S. Quinton Patterned ferrocenemethanol modified carbon nanotube electrodes on silane modified silicon J Mater Chem 17 45 2007 4757 4761 (Pubitemid 350129388)
35. B.S. Flavel, J.X. Yu, A.V. Ellis, and J.G. Shapter Electroless plated gold as a support for carbon nanotube electrodes Electrochim Acta 54 11 2009 3191 3198
36. M.S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, R. Saito, and A. Jorio Raman spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes Phys Rep 409 2 2005 47 99 (Pubitemid 40317386)
37. M.S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, and M. Hofmann The big picture of Raman scattering in carbon nanotubes Vib Spectrosc 45 2 2007 71 81 (Pubitemid 350180364)
38. E.J. Bae, Y.-S. Min, D. Kang, J.-H. Ko, and W. Park Low-temperature growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition Chem Mater 17 20 2005 5141 5145 (Pubitemid 41476061)
39. E. Laviron General expression of the linear potential sweep voltammogram in the case of diffusionless electrochemical systems J Electroanal Chem 101 1 1979 19 28
40. E. Laviron The use of linear potential sweep voltammetry and of a.c. voltammetry for the study of the surface electrochemical reaction of strongly adsorbed systems and of redox modified electrodes J Electroanal Chem 100 1-2 1979 263 270
41. E. Laviron Adsorption, autoinhibition and autocatalysis in polarography and in linear potential sweep voltammetry J Electroanal Chem 52 3 1974 355 393
42. H. Dai, E.W. Wong, and C.M. Lieber Probing electrical transport in nanomaterials: conductivity of individual carbon nanotubes Science 272 5261 1996 523 526 (Pubitemid 126598979)
43. N. Neophytou, S. Ahmed, and G. Klimeck Influence of vacancies on metallic nanotube transport properties Appl Phys Lett 90 2007 182119
44. Y. He, C. Zhang, C. Cao, and H.-P. Cheng Effects of strain and defects on the electron conductance of metallic carbon nanotubes Phys Rev B 75 23 2007 235429