Template-free fabrication of highly-oriented single-crystalline 1D-rutile TiO2-MWCNT composite for enhanced photoelectrochemical activity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 33, 2014, Pages 19363-19373

  Sadhu, Subha ^a,b   Poddar, Pankaj ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPOSITE FILMS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

1-D NANOSTRUCTURES; CONNECTED NETWORKS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXCITON RECOMBINATION; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE RUTILE; TEMPLATE-FREE FABRICATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84906539623     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5023983     Document Type: Article

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