Anatase TiO2 Nanoparticles with Exposed {001} Facets for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chu, Liang ^a   Qin, Zhengfei ^b   Yang, Jianping ^a   Li, Xingao ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering   (China)

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EID: 84937403262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12143     Document Type: Article

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