Disassembly, reassembly, and photoelectrochemistry of etched TiO 2 nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 17967-17972

  Baker, David R ^a   Kamat, Prashant V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED NANOTUBES; BET SURFACE AREA; CDS; DISPERSED TUBES; ELECTRODE SURFACES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; NANOTUBE ORIENTATION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE DECAYS; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTORESPONSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM DOT; REASSEMBLY; TIO; TITANIUM FOILS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; NANOCRYSTALLITES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TITANIUM;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 70449589419     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9065357     Document Type: Article

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