The structure and photovoltaic properties of double-shell TiO 2/ZnSe/CdSe nanocable arrays synthesized by using TiO2/ZnO nanocables template

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 234-240

  Wang, Baoyuan ^a   Liu, Tian ^a   Xia, Chen ^a   Zhou, Fangyuan ^a   He, Fan ^a   Liu, Rong ^a   Hu, Yunxia ^a   Wang, Hao ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Double shell nanocable; Electrochemical properties; QDs sensitization

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; NANORODS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); ZINC OXIDE;

MAGNETIC SPUTTERING; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; NANOCABLES; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QDS SENSITIZATION; NANOCABLE ARRAYS; TIO;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84905045968     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2014.07.030     Document Type: Article

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