Graphene Oxide-Assisted Synthesis of Microsized Ultrathin Single-Crystalline Anatase TiO2 Nanosheets and Their Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2495-2504

  Chen, Biao ^a   Sha, Junwei ^a   Li, Wei ^a   He, Fang ^a   Liu, Enzuo ^a,b   Shi, Chunsheng ^a   He, Chunnian ^a   Li, Jiajun ^a   Zhao, Naiqin ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

electron diffusion property; electron transfer property; graphene oxide; microsized; nanosized; TiO2 nanosheets; ultrathin

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; GRAPHENE; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRON DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GRAPHENE OXIDES; MICROSIZED; NANOSIZED; ULTRA-THIN;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84957809444     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09058     Document Type: Article

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