Cluster beam deposition of Cu2-XS nanoparticles into organic thin films

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 12901-12908

  Majeski, Michael W ^a   Bolotin, Igor L ^a   Hanley, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

copper sulfide; pentacene; photovoltaic; quaterthiophene; sputtering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPPER; DEPOSITION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IODINE; MORPHOLOGY; SPUTTERING; STOICHIOMETRY; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANALYSIS STRATEGIES; CLUSTER BEAM DEPOSITION; COPPER SULFIDES; NANOPARTICLE MORPHOLOGY; PENTACENES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; QUATERTHIOPHENE; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84906222321     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5028428     Document Type: Article

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