Functionalized graphite platelets and lead sulfide quantum dots enhance solar conversion capability of a titanium dioxide/cadmium sulfide assembly

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 33, 2014, Pages 18924-18937

  Kumar, P Naresh ^a   Mandal, Sudip ^a   Deepa, Melepurath ^a   Srivastava, Avanish Kumar ^b   Joshi, Amish G ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PLATELETS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; GRAPHITE PLATELETS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBERS; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84906536556     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5052408     Document Type: Article

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