Efficient photovoltaic conversion of graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid films grown from solid precursors

2D Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Gan, Xin ^a   Lv, Ruitao ^a   Bai, Junfei ^a   Zhang, Zexia ^a   Wei, Jinquan ^a   Huang, Zheng Hong ^a   Zhu, Hongwei ^a   Kang, Feiyu ^a   Terrones, Mauricio ^b,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Graphene; Hybrid nanostructure; Photovoltaic; Transparent conducting film

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DISPLAY DEVICES; EFFICIENCY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HYBRID SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE HYBRIDS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING FILMS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84953306220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/2/3/034003     Document Type: Article

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