Effective process to achieve enhanced electrochromic performances based on poly(4,4′,4″-tris[4-(2-bithienyl)pheny]amine)/ZnO nanorod composites

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 26, 2013, Pages

  Lv, X J ^a   Sun, J W ^a   Hu, B ^a   Ouyang, M ^a   Fu, Z Y ^a   Wang, P J ^a   Bian, G F ^b   Zhang, C ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHROMIC MATERIALS; ELECTROCHROMIC PERFORMANCE; LONG TERM STABILITY; NANOCOMPOSITE ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITE SYSTEMS; NANOROD COMPOSITES; REVERSIBLE COLORS;

COMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTROCHROMISM;

EID: 84878727191     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/26/265705     Document Type: Article

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