Single-step preparation of TiO2/MWCNT nanohybrid materials by laser pyrolysis and application to efficient photovoltaic energy conversion

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-56

  Wang, Jin ^a   Lin, Yaochen ^a   Pinault, Mathieu ^a   Filoramo, Arianna ^b   Fabert, Marc ^c   Ratier, Bernard ^c   Bouclé, Johann ^c   Herlin Boime, Nathalie ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS UMR 3299   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; dye sensitized solar cells; in situ synthesis; laser pyrolysis; TiO2 MWCNT nanohybrid

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; IN-SITU SYNTHESIS; LASER PYROLYSIS; NANO HYBRIDS; NANO-HYBRID MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION; SINGLE-STEP SYNTHESIS; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84921320985     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507179c     Document Type: Article

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