Microwave-assisted topochemical conversion of layered titanate nanosheets to {010}-faceted anatase nanocrystals for high performance photocatalysts and dye-sensitized solar cells

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5801-5811

  Chen, Changdong ^a   Xu, Linfeng ^a   Sewvandi, Galhenage A ^a   Kusunose, Takafumi ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakanishi, Shunsuke ^a   Feng, Qi ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATASE NANOCRYSTALS; DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LAYERED TITANATE; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; TOPOCHEMICAL;

EID: 84910049870     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg501062r     Document Type: Article

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