All-nanoparticle self-assembly ZnO/TiO2 heterojunction thin films with remarkably enhanced photoelectrochemical activity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5719-5725

  Yuan, Sujun ^a,b   Mu, Jiuke ^a   Mao, Ruiyi ^a   Li, Yaogang ^a   Zhang, Qinghong ^a   Wang, Hongzhi ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

all nanoparticle; heterojunction; layer by layer self assembly; photoelectrochemical; titania; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ITO GLASS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TIN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ALL-NANOPARTICLE; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE (FTO); LAYER BY LAYER SELF ASSEMBLY; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SELF-ASSEMBLING PROCESS; TITANIA;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84899510936     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500314n     Document Type: Article

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