Three-Dimensional CdS-Sensitized Sea Urchin Like TiO2-Ordered Arrays as Efficient Photoelectrochemical Anodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 50, 2015, Pages 27875-27881

  Zhang, Haifeng ^a   Zhang, Dong ^b   Qin, Xiaomei ^b   Cheng, Chuanwei ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MAMMALS; MICROSPHERES; NANORODS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHELLFISH;

HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; LIGHT TRAPPING EFFECTS; MULTI SCATTERINGS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA AND POROSITIES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84952815494     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07533     Document Type: Article

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