Improvement in the photoelectrochemical responses of PCBM/TiO2 electrode by electron irradiation

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yoo, Seung Hwa ^a   Kum, Jong Min ^a   Ali, Ghafar ^a,b   Heo, Sung Hwan ^c   Cho, Sung Oh ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c Particla Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Band edge tuning; Electron irradiation; PCBM; Photoelectrochemical cell

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BAND EDGE; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PCBM; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

ELECTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 84857768691     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-142     Document Type: Article

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