Photochemically Driven Modulated Charge Transfer at Local Contacts between CH3NH3PbI3 and Carboxylated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3876-3881

  Prajongtat, Pongthep ^a,b   Wargulski, Dan R ^a   Unold, Thomas ^a   Dittrich, Thomas ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NANOTUBES; PEROVSKITE; YARN;

CARBOXYLATED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CONTROL SAMPLES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FAST SEPARATION; MODULATED SURFACES; PEROVSKITE PARTICLES; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84959261585     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11854     Document Type: Article

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