Thermal annealing synthesis of titanium-dioxide nanowirenanoparticle hetero-structures

Journal of Solid State Chemistry

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2268-2273

  Yu, Choongho ^a,b   Park, Jongbok ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Hetero structure; Nanoparticle; Nanowire; Thermal annealing synthesis; TiO2; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; DENSE PARTICLES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HETERO-STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAL OXIDES; NANOWIRE SURFACE; OPTIMUM REACTION CONDITIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; REACTION TEMPERATURE; REACTION TIME; SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TI FOIL; TIO; TITANIUM FOILS; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

ANNEALING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOWIRES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77957308250     PISSN: 00224596     EISSN: 1095726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2010.08.022     Document Type: Article

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