CuInS2 quantum dot-sensitized TiO2 nanorod array photoelectrodes: Synthesis and performance optimization

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhou, Zhengji ^a   Yuan, Shengjie ^a   Fan, Junqi ^a   Hou, Zeliang ^a   Zhou, Wenhui ^a   Du, Zuliang ^a   Wu, Sixin ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nanorod arrays; Photoelectrochemical properties; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INDIUM SULFIDE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FABRICATION PROCEDURE; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QDS; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84871235140     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-652     Document Type: Article

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