Fast switching and high contrast electrochromic device based on PEDOT nanotube grown on ZnO nanowires

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-64

  Kateb, Movaffaq ^a   Ahmadi, Vahid ^a   Mohseni, Mohsen ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrochromic; Electropolymerization; Nanotube; Nanowires; PEDOT; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT POTENTIAL; DEVICE STABILITY; ELECTROCHROMICS; ELECTRODE MORPHOLOGY; FAST SWITCHING; FLUORINE-DOPED; HIGH CONTRAST; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; OXIDE SUBSTRATES; PEDOT; PEDOT NANOTUBES; POLY(3 ,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) (PEDOT); PREPARATION METHOD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE; TWO APPROACHES; UV-VISIBLE; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WALL THICKNESS; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRES; ZNO SEED LAYERS;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; FILM PREPARATION; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84873678922     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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