Photoelectrochemistry of composite semiconductor thin films. Photosensitization of SnO2/CdS coupled nanocrystallites with a ruthenium polypyridyl complex

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 101, Issue 38, 1997, Pages 7480-7487

  Nasr, Chouhaid ^a   Hotchandani, Surat ^a   Kim, Won Y ^b   Schmehl, Russell H ^b   Kamat, Prashant V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTONS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING TIN COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRON INJECTION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0031232511     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp970833k     Document Type: Article

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