Aerosol-chemical vapor deposition method for synthesis of nanostructured metal oxide thin films with controlled morphology

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 249-253

  An, Woo Jin ^a   Thimsen, Elijah ^a   Biswas, Pratim ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles and nanostructures

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; CONTROLLED MORPHOLOGY; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DIFFERENT PROCESS; NANOSTRUCTURED METAL OXIDE FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED METALS; NIO FILMS; PHOTOSPLITTING; PLATINUM WIRE; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS; TIO; TYPE STRUCTURES; UV-LIGHT ILLUMINATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NICKEL OXIDE; PLATINUM; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WIRE;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 77149138703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900156d     Document Type: Article

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