A versatile chemical conversion synthesis of Cu2S nanotubes and the photovoltaic activities for dye-sensitized solar cell

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shuai, Xuemin ^a   Shen, Wenzhong ^b   Hou, Zhaoyang ^a   Ke, Sanmin ^a   Xu, Chunlong ^a   Jiang, Cheng ^c  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUAIYIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cation exchange; Chemical transformation; Growth mechanism; Nanotubes; Optical and photovoltaic properties

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CATION EXCHANGES; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ELECTROCATALYTICAL ACTIVITY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH MECHANISMS; NANODEVICE APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84919905089     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-513     Document Type: Article

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