Porosity dependence of electron percolation in nanoporous Ti O2 layers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Ofir, Ashi ^a   Dor, Snir ^a   Grinis, Larisa ^a   Zaban, Arie ^a   Dittrich, Thomas ^b   Bisquert, Juan ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POROSITY; SINTERING;

EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROXIMATION (EMA); PERCOLATION THEORY; SINGLE MASTER CURVE;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ELECTRONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOSTRUCTURES; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 39349106560     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2837807     Document Type: Article

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