Hydrothermal preparation of Gd3+ -doped titanate nanotubes: Magnetic properties and photovoltaic performance

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hafez, Hoda S ^a,b   Saif, M ^b   McLeskey, James T ^c   Abdel Mottaleb, M S A ^b   Yahia, I S ^b   Story, T ^d   Knoff, W ^d  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^c Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMAL PREPARATION; LARGE SURFACE AREA; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SYNTHESISED; TITANATE NANOTUBES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; UV/ VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 77649250824     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1110662X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/240402     Document Type: Article

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