Hierarchical TiO2 nanoflowers/nanosheets array film: Synthesis, growth mechanism and enhanced photoelectrochemical properties

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 6429-6436

  Yao, Huizhen ^a   Ma, Jinwen ^b   Mu, Yannan ^a,c   Chen, Yanli ^a   Su, Shi ^a   Lv, Pin ^a   Zhang, Xiaolin ^a   Ding, Dong ^a   Fu, Wuyou ^a   Yang, Haibin ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Heihe University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FILM GROWTH; FILM PREPARATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFLOWERS; NANOSHEETS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM;

FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM PRECURSORS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84920767665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12245c     Document Type: Article

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