Recent advances In the use of TiO 2 nanotube and nanowire arrays for oxidative photoelectrochemistry

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6327-6359

  Shankar, Karthik ^a   Basham, James I ^a   Allam, Nageh K ^a   Varghese, Oomman K ^a   Mor, Gopal K ^a   Feng, Xinjian ^a   Paulose, Maggie ^a   Seabold, Jason A ^b   Choi, Kyoung Shin ^b   Grimes, Craig A ^a  

^a Materials Research Institute   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CDS; CDTE; CRITICAL FACTORS; CRYSTALLINITY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRONIC BAND GAPS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FREE SPACE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ILLUMINATION GEOMETRY; IRON OXIDE NANOTUBES; LOW TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NANOTUBE ARCHITECTURE; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; NON-PLANAR SUBSTRATES; P-TYPE; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROLYSIS; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE; PLANAR SUBSTRATE; POLYMER HYBRID; POLYMERIC SUBSTRATE; RECOMBINATION LOSS; REFLECTED LIGHT; SERIES RESISTANCES; STRUCTURAL SUPPORT; TERNARY OXIDE SYSTEMS; THICK BARRIER LAYERS; TIO; TITANIA; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE; TUBE LENGTH; WALL THICKNESS; WATER PHOTOLYSIS;

ANODIC OXIDATION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER OXIDES; CORROSION INHIBITORS; DYES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY GAP; FABRICATION; IRON OXIDES; NANOWIRES; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 67149095150     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp809385x     Document Type: Article

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