Sensitization of hydrothermally grown single crystalline TiO2 nanowire array with CdSeS nanocrystals for photovoltaic applications

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1181-1190

  Kumar, Akshay ^a   Li, Kuan teh ^a   Madaria, Anuj R ^a   Zhou, Chongwu ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrothermal growth; semiconductor nanocrystals; solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055184185     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0168-z     Document Type: Article

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