Synthesis of flower-like zinc oxide and polyaniline with worm-like morphology and their applications in hybrid solar cells

Crystal Research and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 553-560

  Mavundla, S E ^a   Malgas, G F ^b   Motaung, D E ^b   Iwuoha, E I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

microwave irradiation; nanoflowers; nanopetals; nanoplates; nanorods; nanoworms

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BI-LAYER; CHEMICAL POLYMERIZATION; CONDUCTIVE POLYANILINE; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; FILL FACTOR; FLOWER-LIKE; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED; NANOPETALS; NANOPLATES; NANOWORMS; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WURTZITES; ZNO; ZNO STRUCTURES;

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; BLENDING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOFLOWERS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

POLYANILINE;

EID: 84860687224     PISSN: 02321300     EISSN: 15214079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/crat.201100537     Document Type: Article

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