Interfacial bonding and morphological control of electropolymerized polythiophene films on ZnO

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 9852-9863

  Feng, Wenchun ^a   Wan, Alan S ^b   Garfunkel, Eric ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVANS ANALYTICAL GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ASPECT RATIO NANO-STRUCTURES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; INORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURES; MORPHOLOGICAL CONTROL; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC INTERFACE; OTHER CONJUGATED POLYMERS; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION;

ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84878024418     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400871g     Document Type: Article

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