Copper nanowire-graphene core-shell nanostructure for highly stable transparent conducting electrodes

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 3125-3133

  Ahn, Yumi ^a   Jeong, Youngjun ^a   Lee, Donghwa ^a   Lee, Youngu ^a  

^a Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

copper nanowire; core shell; graphene; polymer solar cell; transparent conducting electrode

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; COPPER; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; GRAPHENE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLASMA CVD; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOOXIDATION; TIN OXIDES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; COPPER NANOWIRES; CORE SHELL; CORE SHELL NANO STRUCTURES; FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMAS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING ELECTRODES;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84925605700     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00053     Document Type: Article

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