Study of the anchoring process of tethered unsymmetrical Zn-phthalocyanines on TiO2 nanostructured thin films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 11176-11185

  Pellegrino, Giovanna ^a   Alberti, Alessandra ^a   Condorelli, Guglielmo G ^b   Giannazzo, Filippo ^a   La Magna, Antonino ^a   Paoletti, Anna Maria ^c   Pennesi, Giovanna ^c   Rossi, Gentilina ^c   Zanotti, Gloria ^c  

^a CNR IMM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DC REACTIVE SPUTTERING; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; IV CHARACTERISTICS; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; SENSITIZING PROCESS; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; STRONG INTERACTION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SOLAR CELLS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84878355982     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4018458     Document Type: Article

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