Synthesis and photoelectrochemical response of CdS quantum dot-sensitized TiO2nanorod array photoelectrodes

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Hu, Yunxia ^a   Wang, Baoyuan ^a   Zhang, Jieqiong ^a   Wang, Tian ^a   Liu, Rong ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Wang, Xina ^a   Wang, Hao ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdS; Nanocable arrays; Quantum dots; SILAR

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; NANOCABLE ARRAYS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; PHOTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; SILAR; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84878750168     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-222     Document Type: Article

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