Porous "sponge-like" anatase TiO2 via polymer templates: Synthesis, characterization, and performance as a light-scattering material

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 291, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 805-815

  Szymanski, Lukasz ^a,b   Surolia, Praveen ^a   Byrne, Owen ^a   Thampi, K Ravindranathan ^a   Stubenrauch, Cosima ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

DSSC; Gelled microemulsion; Porous polymers; Templating; TiO2

Indexed keywords

DSSC; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT-SCATTERING MATERIALS; POLYN-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; POROUS POLYMERS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; TEMPLATING; TIO;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CALCINATION; GELATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROEMULSIONS; OXIDE MINERALS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

POLY N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER; SOLVENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCINATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; HYDROGEL; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROEMULSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84876479565     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-012-2792-x     Document Type: Article

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