Issue 15, 2011
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Why aggregated carbon nanotubes exhibit low quantum efficiency

Yu-Hsien Lin,a   Yao-Cheng Lai,a   Ching-Tung Hsu,a   Chia-Jung Hua  and  Wen-Kuang Hsu*a  

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a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu 30013, Taiwan
E-mail: wkhsu@mx.nthu.edu.tw
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Abstract

Aggregation of carbon nanotubes reduces quantum efficiency and the phenomenon is found to be related to photocurrent leakage through oxygenated lattices acting as low barrier intertube channels. This outcome is supported by calculation and optical excitation experiments.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CP02691C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Nov 2010
Accepted
18 Feb 2011
First published
14 Mar 2011

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,13, 7149-7153

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Why aggregated carbon nanotubes exhibit low quantum efficiency

Y. Lin, Y. Lai, C. Hsu, C. Hu and W. Hsu, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 7149 DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02691C

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