Mesoporous TiO2-Based Photoanode Sensitized by BiOI and Investigation of Its Photovoltaic Behavior

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 10279-10284

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Pei, Qi ^a   Liang, Jiachen ^a   Feng, Ting ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Mao, Hui ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Hisaeda, Yoshio ^b   Song, Xi Ming ^a,b  

^a LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; MESOPOROUS TIO2; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT;

SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84942134191     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02248     Document Type: Article

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