Measurement of the electrical resistance of n-type Si microwire/p-type conducting polymer junctions for use in artificial photosynthesis

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 27742-27748

  Bruce, Jared P ^a   Asgari, Sommayeh ^a   Ardo, Shane ^b   Lewis, Nathan S ^b   Oliver, Derek R ^a   Freund, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; JUNCTION RESISTANCES; LOW DOPED REGION; METAL CATALYST; N TYPE SILICON; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; SI MICROWIRES; SOFT CONTACTS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84915758127     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp509211k     Document Type: Article

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