A composite CdS thin film/TiO2 nanotube structure by ultrafast successive electrochemical deposition toward photovoltaic application

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fu, Han ^a   Liu, Hong ^a   Shen, Wenzhong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdS thin film; Composite tubular structure; Solar cell; Successive electrochemical deposition; TiO2 nanotube; Ultrafast

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GROWTH RATE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; REDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CDS THIN FILMS; ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TIO2 NANOTUBES; TUBULAR STRUCTURES; ULTRA-FAST;

ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION;

EID: 84928412992     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-631     Document Type: Article

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