Structural, optical, and photoelectrochemical properties of sprayed TiO2 thin films: Effect of precursor concentration

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1266-1272

  Shinde, Pravin S ^a   Patil, Pramod S ^a   Bhosale, Popat N ^a   Bhosale, Chandrakant H ^a  

^a SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FILM THICKNESS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INCIDENT PHOTON;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 41549091806     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02287.x     Document Type: Article

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