Temperature-dependent charge transport in TiO2-multiwalled carbon nanotube composites

Carbon

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 688-693

  Seo, Seul Gi ^a,b   Nam, Woo Hyun ^c   Lim, Young Soo ^a   Seo, Won Seon ^a   Cho, Yong Soo ^b   Lee, Jeong Yong ^c,d  

^a Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CARRIER TRANSPORT; NANOTUBES; SINTERING; SOLVENTS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

ACTIVATION PROCESS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON HOPPING; INTEGRATED CHARGE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84892814971     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.10.060     Document Type: Article

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