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Photon harvesting with multi wall carbon nanotubes
- Source :
- Superlattices and Microstructures. 46:340-346
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2009.
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Abstract
- In this work we show that a sizeable enhancement in the photocurrent over the visible and near ultraviolet energy range can be obtained from multi-wall carbon nanotubes when decorated with Cu-nanoparticles. The result has been obtained both from electrochemical and solid state cells measurements. The photoactive metal nanoparticles do not change the intrinsic ability of multi-wall carbon nanotubes to behave as an efficient low dimensional media for generating e–h carriers. This result further confirms that multi wall carbon nanotubes can be used in photovoltaic nano-devices and solar energy conversion applications.
- Subjects :
- Photocurrent
Range (particle radiation)
Materials science
Photovoltaic system
Carbon nanotubes
Metal nanoparticles
Physics::Optics
Nanotechnology
Carbon nanotube
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrochemistry
Settore FIS/03 - Fisica della Materia
law.invention
Optical properties of carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanobud
Potential applications of carbon nanotubes
law
General Materials Science
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Hybrid material
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07496036
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Superlattices and Microstructures
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d50f0b1b7a1fafe215f63f8e6df80029