Structural and electrical properties of Nb-doped anatase TiO2 nanowires by electrospinning

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4096-4102

  Archana, Panikar S ^a   Jose, Rajan ^a,b   Jin, Tan Mein ^c   Vijila, Chellapan ^c   Yusoff, Mashitah M ^b   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; BET SURFACE AREA; CONDUCTING GLASS; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; DOPED FIBER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FILL FACTOR; GRAIN SIZE; IODIDE/TRI-IODIDE; LATTICE CONTRACTION; NANOWIRE FILMS; NB DOPING; NIOBIUM PRECURSORS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; POLYMERIC SOLUTION; PROCESSING CONDITION; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; TIO;

ACETIC ACID; ASPECT RATIO; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOWIRES; NIOBIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 78650384658     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04003.x     Document Type: Article

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