Autodecomposition Approach for the Low-Temperature Mesostructuring of Nanocrystal Semiconductor Electrodes

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 6337-6344

  Guijarro, Néstor ^a   Prévot, Mathieu S ^a   Jeanbourquin, Xavier A ^a   Yu, Xiaoyun ^a   Sivula, Kevin ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NITROCELLULOSE; PORE SIZE; TEMPERATURE;

ACTIVE SURFACE AREA; MESOPOROUS ELECTRODES; NANOCRYSTAL THIN FILMS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; OXIDATION CONDITIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRODE; THERMAL OXIDATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84942155085     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02894     Document Type: Article

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