Photoelectrochemical cell based on cup-shaped nanocarbon-fullerene composite nanocluster film: Enhancement of photocurrent generation by cup-shaped nanocarbons as an electron transporter

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-260

  Ohtani, Masataka ^a   Fukuzumi, Shunichi ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clusterization; fullerene C60; nanocarbon; photoelectrochemical measurements

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIZATION; COMPOSITE CLUSTERS; COMPOSITE NANOCLUSTERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORTER; FULLERENE C; FULLERENE COMPOSITES; MIXING METHOD; NANO-CARBON; NANO-CARBON MATERIAL; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOCARBONS; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTORESPONSES; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; VISIBLE REGION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; NANOCLUSTERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

FULLERENES;

EID: 77954253081     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363831003782973     Document Type: Article

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