التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Low-temperature synthesis of carbon nanotubes on indium tin oxide electrodes for organic solar cells |
| المؤلفون: |
Capasso, Andrea, Salamandra, Luigi, Di Carlo, Aldo, Bell, John, Motta, Nunzio |
| المصدر: |
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology |
| بيانات النشر: |
Beilstein-Institut Zur Forderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften |
| سنة النشر: |
2012 |
| المجموعة: |
Queensland University of Technology: QUT ePrints |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Carbon nanotubes, Chemical vapor deposition, Indium tin oxide, Kelvin probe, Low temperature, Organic solar cell, P3HT |
| الوصف: |
The electrical performance of indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass was improved by including a controlled layer of carbon nanotubes directly on top of the ITO film. Multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were synthesized by chemical vapor deposition, using ultra-thin Fe layers as catalyst. The process parameters (temperature, gas flow and duration) were carefully refined to obtain the appropriate size and density of MWCNTs with a minimum decrease of the light harvesting in the cell. When used as anodes for organic solar cells based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), the MWCNT-enhanced electrodes are found to improve the charge carrier extraction from the photoactive blend, thanks to the additional percolation paths provided by the CNTs. The work function of as-modified ITO surfaces was measured by the Kelvin probe method to be 4.95 eV, resulting in an improved matching to the highest occupied molecular orbital level of the P3HT. This is in turn expected to increase the hole transport and collection at the anode, contributing to the significant increase of current density and open circuit voltage observed in test cells created with such MWCNT-enhanced electrodes. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50696/2/50696.pdf; Capasso, Andrea, Salamandra, Luigi, Di Carlo, Aldo, Bell, John, & Motta, Nunzio (2012) Low-temperature synthesis of carbon nanotubes on indium tin oxide electrodes for organic solar cells. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 3, pp. 524-532.; https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50696/; Science & Engineering Faculty; School of Chemistry, Physics & Mechanical Engineering |
| الاتاحة: |
https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50696/ |
| Rights: |
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| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.B34915F5 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |