Mesoporous TiO2 single-crystal polyhedron-constructed core-shell microspheres: Anisotropic etching and photovoltaic property

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 621-628

  Xu, Meigui ^a   Ruan, Peng ^a   Xie, Haixian ^a   Yu, Ang ^a   Zhou, Xingfu ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropic etching; Core shell microspheres; Dye sensitized solar cells; Single crystal

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC ETCHING; FLUORINE; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS;

CORE-SHELL MICROSPHERES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; MESOPOROUS TIO; MICRONANOSTRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; SYNTHETIC TECHNIQUES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84898010571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc4005586     Document Type: Article

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