Transferable and flexible nanorod-assembled TiO2 cloths for dye-sensitized solar cells, photodetectors, and photocatalysts

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 8412-8419

  Wang, Zhuoran ^a   Wang, Heng ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Qiu, Wenzhe ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Ran, Sihan ^a   Huang, Hongtao ^a   Xu, Jing ^a   Han, Hongwei ^a   Chen, Di ^a   Shen, Guozhen ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; nanorods; photocatalysts; photodetectors; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CARBON CLOTHS; CATALYST-FREE; DECAY TIME; DEVICE APPLICATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; METHYLENE BLUE SOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; RISETIMES; TIO; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

NANORODS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 80055015193     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203315k     Document Type: Article

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