Preparation and photoelectrochemical properties of CdSe/TiO2 hybrid mesoporous structures

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-160

  Liu, Liping ^a,b   Hensel, Jennifer ^b   Fitzmorris, Robert C ^b   Li, Yadong ^a   Zhang, Jin Z ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy conversion and storage

Indexed keywords

CAPPING LIGANDS; CDSE QDS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; COLLOIDAL SPHERE; INTERFACIAL COUPLINGS; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR LINKERS; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTORESPONSES; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TIO;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77149126809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900122u     Document Type: Article

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