Transparent electrodes made from carbon nanotube polyelectrolytes and application to acidic environments

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2009-2017

  Catheline, Amélie ^a,b,d   Paolucci, Francesco ^c   Valenti, Giovanni ^c   Poulin, Philippe ^a,b   Pénicaud, Alain ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Linde LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METALS; CARBON FILMS; DISPERSIONS; DISSOLUTION; FILTRATION; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLYELECTROLYTES; TIN OXIDES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; ALKALI METAL SALTS; AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SURFACE RESISTIVITY; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING FILMS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84946476486     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2015.166     Document Type: Article

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