Comparative optical and electrochemical studies of nanostructured NiTiO3 and NiTiO3-TiO2 prepared by a low temperature modified Sol-Gel route

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 512-523

  Moghiminia, Shokufeh ^a   Farsi, Hossein ^a   Raissi, Heidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nanosctructure; NiTiO3; NiTiO3 TiO2 nanocomposite; Optical; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CHARACTERIZATION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLER ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES; NANOSCTRUCTURE; NITIO3; OPTICAL; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84899511622     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.03.166     Document Type: Article

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