Organic Solar Cell Characterization: Electronically Monodisperse Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Films as Transparent Conducting Anodes in Organic Photovoltaic Devices (Adv. Energy Mater. 5/2011)

Abstract

The image depicts a series of electronic‐type sorted single‐walled carbon nanotubes suspended in solution. The rays of light emanating from behind the samples is suggestive of the solar energy that these materials help capture in organic photovoltaic cells. Mark Hersam and co‐workers demonstrate that the green metallic solutions yield transparent electrodes with improved stability compared to their red semiconducting counterparts.

Preparation and Characterization of Functionalized CNTs Using Plasma Combined with Maleic Anhydride Induced-Graft Polymerization

“…Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted considerable attention because of their extraordinary properties and potential applications in various fields [1]. With extremely high mechanical strength and chemical stability, CNTs represent attractive possibilities for developing composite materials with extraordinarily high standards of performance, as well as applications for devices, such as fuel cells or sensors [2,3]. However, its practical filed has been beset a lot of questions.…”