Electrosprayed molybdenum trioxide aqueous solution and its application in organic photovoltaic cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Suzuki, Katsumi ^a   Fukuda, Takeshi ^a   Liao, Yingjie ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; METAL OXIDE; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; OXIDE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY; ELECTROSPRAY DEPOSITION; EVAPORATION; FILM; GENERAL DEVICE; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL; SURFACE TENSION; VAPOR PRESSURE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACETONE; ACETONITRILES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84940230285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106012     Document Type: Article

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