Properties of electrodeposited CuSCN 2D layers and nanowires influenced by their mixed domain structure

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 16095-16103

  Aldakov, Dmitry ^a   Chappaz Gillot, Cyril ^a,b   Salazar, Raul ^a   Delaye, Vincent ^a   Welsby, Kathryn A ^c   Ivanova, Valentina ^a   Dunstan, Peter R ^c  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COPPER; D REGION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER THIOCYANATES; ELECTRODEPOSITED COPPER; HIGH-CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRIC COMPOSITIONS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84904966110     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412499f     Document Type: Article

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