Self-assembled microhoneycomb network of single-walled carbon nanotubes for solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2571-2576

  Cui, Kehang ^a   Chiba, Takaaki ^a   Omiya, Shuichiro ^a   Thurakitseree, Theerapol ^a   Zhao, Pei ^a   Fujii, Shunjiro ^b   Kataura, Hiromichi ^b   Einarsson, Erik ^a   Chiashi, Shohei ^a   Maruyama, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

microhoneycomb network; nanotube Si solar cell; self assembled; single walled carbon nanotube; water vapor treatment

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; FILL FACTOR; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; NITRIC ACID TREATMENT; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS); VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

SILICON; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); WATER VAPOR;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84881309790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401242a     Document Type: Article

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