CdS nanoparticle sensitized titanium dioxide decorated graphene for enhancing visible light induced photoanode

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 320, Issue , 2014, Pages 772-779

  Yousefzadeh, S ^a   Faraji, M ^a   Nien, Y T ^b   Moshfegh, A Z ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CdS TiO 2 graphene nanocomposite; Electron life time; Photocurrent density; TiO 2 grapheme

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LIFE-TIMES; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; TIO2/GRAPHEME; UV/VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT INDUCED;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84919360530     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.09.167     Document Type: Article

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