Charge transport in TiO2 Films with complex percolation pathways investigated by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 302-313

  Nemec, H ^a   Zajac, V ^a,b   Rychetsky, I ^a   Fattakhova Rohlfing, D ^c   Mandlmeier, B ^c   Bein, T ^c   Mics, Z ^d   Kuzel, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge carrier mobility; mesoporous materials; photoconductivity; semiconductor nanostructures

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NANOPARTICLES; DEPOLARIZATION FIELDS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROXIMATION MODELS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY SPECTRUM; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SPECTRAL REPRESENTATIONS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

CHARGE CARRIERS; DEPOLARIZATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MODEL STRUCTURES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 84877581155     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2013.2255555     Document Type: Article

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