Cluster approach to model titanium dioxide as isolated or organic dye sensitized nanoobjects

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6009-6018

  Makowska Janusik, Malgorzata ^a   Gladii, Olga ^a,b   Kassiba, Abdelhadi ^b   Bouclé, Johann ^c   Herlin Boime, Nathalie ^d  

^a JAN DLUGOSZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MOLECULES;

ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; HYBRID COMPOSITES; ORGANIC DYE MOLECULES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SEPARATION PARAMETERS; SURFACE SATURATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84897440029     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4104855     Document Type: Article

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