CdS Quantum Dot-Sensitized Vertical TiO2 Nanorod Arrays by a Simple Linker-Assisted SILAR Method

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3173-3178

  Wei, Lidong ^a   Li, Fen ^a   Hu, Sujuan ^a   Li, Haijin ^a   Chi, Bo ^a   Pu, Jian ^a   Jian, Li ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; PARTICLE SIZE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CDS QUANTUM DOTS; CHARGE-TRANSFER RATE; CURRENT VOLTAGE; INTERFACIAL REGION; ORGANIC LIGANDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; UV-VIS ABSORBANCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84943348524     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.13726     Document Type: Article

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