Energy storage in bifunctional TiO2 composite materials under UV and visible light

Energies

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1009-1030

  Xiong, Liangbin ^a,b   Li, Jialin ^a   Yu, Ying ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUANGGANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Photoelectric conversion

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ENERGY STORAGE; LIGHT; PHOTOELECTRICITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

APPLIED RESEARCH; BI-FUNCTIONAL; BI-LAYER FILMS; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION; PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT; WORKING MECHANISMS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 77954177675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en20401009     Document Type: Review

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