Modification of carbon nanotubes with 4-mercaptobenzoic acid-doped polyaniline for quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Volumn 2, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 4177-4185

  Wei, Jingran ^a   Zhang, Chen ^a   Du, Zhongjie ^a   Li, Hangquan ^a   Zou, Wei ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84900435396     PISSN: 20507534     EISSN: 20507526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4tc00021h     Document Type: Article

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