Reduction of charge recombination by an amorphous titanium oxide interlayer in layered graphene/quantum dots photochemical cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1940-1945

  Yang, Hong Bin ^a   Guo, Chun Xian ^a   Guai, Guan Hong ^a   Song, QuanLiang ^b   Jiang, San Ping ^c   Li, Chang Ming ^a,b  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Graphene; Photochemistry; Photovoltaic cells; Quantum dots; Recombination

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS TIO; AMORPHOUS TITANIUM OXIDE; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DECAY MEASUREMENTS; DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ELECTRON LIFETIME; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOCHEMICAL CELLS; QUANTUM DOT; RECOMBINATION; TIO;

CHARGE TRANSFER; GRAPHENE; ION EXCHANGE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

GRAPHITE; QUANTUM DOT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOTS; TITANIUM;

EID: 80054792414     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am200154h     Document Type: Article

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