Carbon nanotube solar cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Klinger, Colin ^a   Patel, Yogeshwari ^a   Postma, Henk W Ch ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR CELL; SOLAR ENERGY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POWER SUPPLY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GRAPHITE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84861371380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037806     Document Type: Article

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