Direct observation of hole transfer from semiconducting polymer to carbon nanotubes

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2086-2091

  Lan, Fei ^a   Li, Guangyong ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; charge transfer; Kelvin probe force microscopy; P3HT

Indexed keywords

KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; MOBILITY MEASUREMENTS; NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; P3HT; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL); POLYMER-BASED SOLAR CELLS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS); SPACE-CHARGE-LIMITED CURRENT;

CHARGE TRANSFER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLE MOBILITY; POLYMERS; PROBES; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE POTENTIAL;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84877309216     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl400395c     Document Type: Article

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