Enhanced light response of titania nanotube arrays sensitized with pyrite FeS2

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2068-2073

  Song, Xiao Mei ^a   Wu, Jin Ming ^a   Meng, Liang ^a   Yan, Mi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EDGES; CATHODIC ELECTRODEPOSITION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT RESPONSE; LIGHT-HARVESTING; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; RHODAMINE B; SENSITIZED FILMS; SIMULATED SOLAR LIGHT; SOLAR LIGHT; TI SUBSTRATES; TITANIA NANOTUBE ARRAYS; UV-VIS SPECTRA; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSE; XPS CHARACTERIZATION;

ANODIC OXIDATION; DYES; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GLYCOLS; NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 77953766975     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03649.x     Document Type: Article

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