Enhanced photoelectrochemical properties of TiO2 nanorod arrays decorated with CdS nanoparticles

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Xie, Zheng ^a,b   Liu, Xiangxuan ^b   Wang, Weipeng ^a   Liu, Can ^a   Li, Zhengcao ^a   Zhang, Zhengjun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b High Tech Institute of xi'An   (China)

Author keywords

CdS NPs; OAD; photocatalyst; photoelectrochemistry; TiO2 NRAs; visible light

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRONS AND HOLES; ION LAYER ADSORPTION; OBLIQUE-ANGLE DEPOSITION; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84908635189     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: 18785514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1468-6996/15/5/055006     Document Type: Article

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