Nanostructured Semiconducting PEDOT-TiO2/ZnO Hybrid Composites for Nanodevice Applications

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 4199-4210

  Ramakrishnan, Rajaraman ^a   Devaki, Sudha J ^a   Aashish, A ^a   Thomas, Senoy ^a   Varma, Manoj Raama ^a   Kpp, Najiya ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; NANODEVICE APPLICATIONS; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84960154673     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10744     Document Type: Article

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