Effect of thickness of ALD grown TiO2 films on photoelectrocatalysis

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 204, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 200-208

  Heikkilä, Mikko ^a   Puukilainen, Esa ^a   Ritala, Mikko ^a   Leskelä, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

ALD; Methylene blue; PEC; Photoelectrocatalysis; TiO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349110449     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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