Electropolymerized polythiophene photoelectrodes with density-controlled gold nanoparticles

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 9155-9160

  Takahashi, Yukina ^a   Taura, Sakiko ^a   Akiyama, Tsuyoshi ^b   Yamada, Sunao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE ELECTRODES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; LOW DENSITY; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; POLY-THIOPHENE; SUBMONOLAYER;

ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIN;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 84862507867     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la300227j     Document Type: Article

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