Increased performance of single walled carbon nanotube photovoltaic cells through the addition of dibenzo[b,def]chrysene derivative

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 235, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-76

  Larsen, Lachlan J ^a   Tune, Daniel D ^a   Kemppinen, Peter ^b   Winzenberg, Kevin N ^b   Watkins, Scott E ^b   Shapter, Joseph G ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dibenzo b,def chrysene (DBC); Optically transparent electrode; Photoelectrochemical cell; Photovoltaic performance; Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859612951     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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