Photocatalytic and dye-sensitized solar cell performances of {010}- Faceted and [111]-faceted anatase TiO2 nanocrystals synthesized from tetratitanate nanoribbons

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 16007-16019

  Du, Yi En ^a,b   Feng, Qi ^b   Chen, Changdong ^b   Tanaka, Yasuhiro ^b   Yang, Xiaojing ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatase TiO2; Dye sensitized solar cell; Photocatalysis; 111 faceted; 010 faceted

Indexed keywords

ION EXCHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORIBBONS; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANATASE TIO2; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; [111]-FACETED; {010}-FACETED;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84912001607     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503914q     Document Type: Article

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