Conducting polymer functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes nanocomposites: Optical properties and morphological characteristics

Materials Letters

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 227-230

  Chehata, Nadia ^a   Ltaief, Adnen ^a   Bkakri, Rabeb ^a   Bouazizi, Abdelaziz ^a   Beyou, Emmanuel ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Charge transfer; Composites; Functionalization; Polymer

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DONOR/ACCEPTOR; EFFECTIVE CHARGE; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84894311195     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.01.162     Document Type: Article

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