Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Research
| Faculty: , , Michael Heben , Dengbing Li , , , |
| Students: , Ebin Bastola , , Chandan Kadur , , Dipendra Pokhrel , Gazi Quader , , |
| Alumni: , , , , Max Junda , , , , Nafsika Theodoropoulous , , |
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are a single layer of carbon rolled into a seamless tube that has remarkable optical, electrical, and thermal properties, including ballistic electrical conductivity and diameter dependent bandgap. Uncontrolled synthesis of SWCNTs, though, results in 1/3 of the SWCNTs being metallic and 2/3 being semiconducting, of which the bandgaps are polydisperse. At PVIC, we are studying the SWCNTs in the natural poydisperse state, developing ways to separate the SWCNTs, and using the SWCNTs in solar cell applications. Click through the slide show to learn more about our projects.
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