Applications of carbon materials in photovoltaic solar cells

H Zhu, J Wei, K Wang, D Wu - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2009 - Elsevier
Carbon-based photovoltaic cells (PVCs) have attracted a great deal of interest for both
scientific fundamentals and potential applications. In this paper, applications of various …

The intramolecular junctions of carbon nanotubes

D Wei, Y Liu - Advanced materials, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
For the miniaturization of microelectronics, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are regarded as ideal
candidates for the next generation of nanoelectronics because of their excellent properties …

Thermal rectification in carbon nanotube intramolecular junctions: Molecular dynamics calculations

G Wu, B Li - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2007 - APS
We study heat conduction in (n, 0)∕(2 n, 0) intramolecular junctions by using molecular
dynamics method. It is found that the heat conduction is asymmetric, namely, heat transports …

Molecular dynamics simulation study of carbon nanotube welding under electron beam irradiation

I Jang, SB Sinnott, D Danailov, P Keblinski - Nano Letters, 2004 - ACS Publications
The simulation of electron beam induced welding of crossed carbon nanotubes is
considered with classical molecular dynamics simulations. Covalent junctions are predicted …

Direct observation of localized defect states in semiconductor nanotube junctions

H Kim, J Lee, SJ Kahng, YW Son, SB Lee, CK Lee… - Physical review …, 2003 - APS
We report scanning tunneling microscopy of semiconductor-semiconductor carbon
nanotube junctions with different band gaps. Characteristic features of the wave functions at …

Raman spectral imaging of a carbon nanotube intramolecular junction

SK Doorn, MJ O'connell, L Zheng, YT Zhu, S Huang… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
Confocal Raman spectral imaging results are presented for a metal-to-semiconductor
intramolecular junction (IMJ) on an isolated carbon nanotube. Spectra observed at the …

Scanning probe microwave reflectivity of aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes: Imaging of electronic structure and quantum behavior at the nanoscale

E Seabron, S MacLaren, X **e, SV Rotkin, JA Rogers… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are 1-dimensional nanomaterials with unique
electronic properties that make them excellent candidates for next-generation device …

Raman spectroscopy and imaging of ultralong carbon nanotubes

SK Doorn, L Zheng, MJ O'connell, Y Zhu… - The Journal of …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Raman spectroscopy and confocal Raman imaging with 514 nm excitation was performed
on recently developed ultralong carbon nanotubes grown by the “fast-heating” chemical …

A unified perspective of complex band structure: interpretations, formulations, and applications

MG Reuter - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Complex band structure generalizes conventional band structure by also considering
wavevectors with complex components. In this way, complex band structure describes both …

Joining carbon nanotubes

GS Roberts, P Singjai - Nanoscale, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
To fully exploit the exceptional electronic and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes in
real-world applications, it is desirable to create carbon nanotube networks in which …