Interfacial properties of the nanostructured dye-sensitized solid heterojunction TiO2/RuL2(NCS)2/Cul

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 11224-11232

  Karlsson, P G ^a   Bolik, S ^a   Richter, J H ^a   Mahrov, B ^a   Johansson, E M J ^a   Blomquist, J ^b   Uvdal, P ^b   Rensmo, H ^a   Siegbahn, H ^a   Sandell, A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; DYES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM OXIDES;

BIISONICOTICIC ACID LIGANDS; CONDUCTION BANDS; HOLE CONDUCTORS; VALANCE ELECTRONIC LEVELS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 18244422444     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1739399     Document Type: Article

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