Rice grain-shaped TiO 2-CNT composite - A functional material with a novel morphology for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-18

  Peining, Zhu ^a   Nair, A Sreekumaran ^a   Shengyuan, Yang ^b   Shengjie, Peng ^c   Elumalai, Naveen Kumar ^a   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Composite materials; Hybrid materials; Photovoltaic devices; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856569688     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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