Photoelectrochemical Infiltration of a Conducting Polymer (PEDOT) into Metal-Chalcogenide Decorated TiO2 Nanotube Arrays

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 467-476

  Samu, Gergely F ^a,b   Visy, Csaba ^a   Rajeshwar, Krishnan ^c   Sarker, Swagotom ^d   Subramanian, Vaidyanathan Ravi ^d   Janáky, Csaba ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d University of Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

Solar Cells Hole transporter organic inorganic hybrid polymerization photoelectrochemistry

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHALCOGENIDES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEPOSITION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOEXCITATION; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE-UV-VIS; HOLE-TRANSPORTERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84911877426     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.11.094     Document Type: Article

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