Antireflective photoanode made of TiO2 nanobelts and a ZnO nanowire array

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 11375-11380

  Li, Haiyan ^a   Jiang, Bin ^a   Schaller, Rebecca ^a   Wu, Jianfeng ^a   Jiao, Jun ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; ANTIREFLECTIVE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; LOW TEMPERATURES; PHOTOANODE; POROUS FILM; REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS; REFLECTION-INDUCED; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; TIO; ZNO NANOWIRE ARRAYS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NANOWIRES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOBELTS;

EID: 77954300632     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp101478t     Document Type: Article

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