Microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of highly porous TiO2 thin films with nanocrystalline framework for efficient photoelectrochemical conversion

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-97

  Kondalkar, V V ^a   Mali, S S ^a,c   Pawar, N B ^a   Mane, R M ^a   Choudhury, S ^b   Hong, C K ^c   Patil, P S ^a   Patil, S R ^a   Bhosale, P N ^a   Kim, J H ^c  

^a SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Microwave assisted rapid synthesis; nanostructure; photoelectrochemical cell

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MICROWAVE ASSISTED; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POROUS TIO; RAPID SYNTHESIS; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; TIO;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84907304653     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.07.149     Document Type: Article

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