Preparation of coaxial heterogeneous graphene quantum dot-sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays via linker molecule binding and electrophoretic deposition

Carbon

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 474-487

  Li, Hui ^a   Xing, Junheng ^a   Xia, Zhengbin ^a   Chen, Jiangqiong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAPHENE; MOLECULES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOTUBES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUBES (COMPONENTS); YARN;

COUPLING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; IMPREGNATION PRECIPITATION METHODS; LINKER MOLECULES; ORGANIC DYE DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOABSORPTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84922751599     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.080     Document Type: Article

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