Postpressing dependence of the effective electron diffusion coefficient in electrophoretically prepared nanoporous ZnO and TiO2 films

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 975-980

  Dor, S ^a   Dittrich, Th ^b   Ofir, A ^a   Grinis, L ^a   Zaban, A ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROSITY; SINTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

DYE-REMOVAL; ELECTRON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; PARTICLE-COORDINATION NUMBER;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 42949169433     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0116     Document Type: Article

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