Aligned ZnO/CdTe core-shell nanocable arrays on indium tin oxide: Synthesis and photoelectrochemical properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3302-3308

  Wang, Xina ^a,b   Zhu, Haojun ^a   Xu, Yeming ^a   Wang, Hao ^b   Tao, Yin ^a   Hark, Suikong ^a   Xiao, Xudong ^a   Li, Quan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdTe; Electrodeposition; Nanocable; Photovoltaic; Type II band alignment; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CDTE; NANOCABLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; TYPE II; ZNO;

ABSORPTION; ALIGNMENT; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; INDIUM; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; NANORODS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; REDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; TELLURIUM; TIN DERIVATIVE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELLURIUM; TIN COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77955900055     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1001547     Document Type: Article

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