Controlling particle size and photoelectrochemical properties of nanostructured WO 3 with surfactants

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 305, Issue , 2014, Pages 760-767

  Memar, Amir ^a   Phan, Chi M ^a   Tade, Moses O ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sol gel method; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

NANO-STRUCTURED; PEROXOTUNGSTIC ACID; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SIMPLE METHOD; TRITON X-45; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84899930288     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.03.194     Document Type: Article

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