Growing TiO 2 nanowires on the surface ofgraphene sheets in supercritical CO 2: Characterization and photoefficiency

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 29, 2012, Pages

  Farhangi, Nasrin ^a   Medina Gonzalez, Yaocihuatl ^a   Chowdhury, Rajib Roy ^a   Charpentier, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOH GROUP; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; FUNCTIONALIZED; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GREEN SOLVENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SURFACE AREA; ISO-PROPOXIDE; MONOMER RATIO; NANO-ASSEMBLIES; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; PHOTOEFFICIENCY; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; SUPERCRITICAL CO; SYNTHETIC APPROACH; TIO; WEIGHT RATIOS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GRAPHENE; HEXANE; NANOWIRES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYCONDENSATION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLAR CELLS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SURFACES; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COLORING AGENT; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GREEN CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POROSITY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GRAPHITE; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POROSITY; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84863506025     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/29/294005     Document Type: Article

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