title: Role of HF in oxygen removal from carbon nanotubes: implications for high performance carbon electronics.
abstract: Oxygen removal from SWNTs is crucial for many carbon electronic devices. This work shows that HF treatment followed by current stimulation is a very effective method for oxygen removal. Using a procedure involving HF treatment, current stimulation and spin-casting AgNWs onto a SWNT thin film, record high efficiency SWNT/p-Si solar cells have been developed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States.
authors.forename: Xiaokai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing-Shun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Siamak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nejati
authors.forename: Lyndsey
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McMillon
authors.forename: Su
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chinedum O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Osuji
authors.forename: Nilay
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hazari
authors.forename: André D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Taylor
keywords: Hydrofluoric acid; carbon electronics; carbon nanotubes; photovoltaic devices; silver nanowires