Synthesis and characterization of photoreactive TiO2-carbon nanosheet composites

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 21031-21037

  Kurttepeli, Mert ^a   Deng, Shaoren ^b   Verbruggen, Sammy W ^a,c   Guzzinati, Giulio ^a   Cott, Daire J ^d   Lenaerts, Silvia ^a   Verbeeck, Jo ^a   Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf ^a   Detavernier, Christophe ^b   Bals, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CARBON; CHARACTERIZATION; DEPOSITION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HELIUM; NANOSHEETS; OXIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON NANOSHEETS; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; NANOCRYSTALLINES; POST DEPOSITION ANNEALING; SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; TEMPLATED;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84949117213     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5067499     Document Type: Article

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