Highly Resolved Nanostructured PEDOT on Large Areas by Nanosphere Lithography and Electrodeposition

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 21673-21681

  Nguyen, Van Quynh ^a   Schaming, Delphine ^a   Martin, Pascal ^a   Lacroix, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

conducting polymers; DSSC; nanosphere lithography; nanostructuration; PEDOT; wettability

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; NANOSPHERES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WETTING;

DSSC; EFFECTIVE THICKNESS; ELECTRODEPOSITION MODE; NANO SPHERE LITHOGRAPHY; NANO STRUCTURATION; PEDOT; POLYETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; WATER-BASED SOLUTIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84943770625     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06699     Document Type: Article

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