Fabrication of the protonated pentatitanate nanobelts sensitized with CuInS2 quantum dots for photovoltaic applications

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 244, Issue , 2014, Pages 335-342

  Peng, Zhuoyin ^a   Liu, Yueli ^a   Chen, Keqiang ^a   Yang, Guojie ^a   Chen, Wen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CuInS2 quantum dots; Linker molecules; Quantum dots sensitized solar cells; Titanate nanobelt films

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894064241     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.01.053     Document Type: Article

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