Effects of Carbon Allotrope Interface on the Photoactivity of Rutile One-Dimensional (1D) TiO2 Coated with Anatase TiO2 and Sensitized with CdS Nanocrystals

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 13400-13409

  Pathak, Pawan ^a   Israel, Luis Henrique ^a   Pereira, Ellen Jessica Monterio ^a   Subramanian, Vaidyanathan Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon allotropes; chalcogenide; photoelectrochemistry; solar energy conversion; TiO2 nanorod

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; GRAPHENE; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE ANALYSIS; YARN;

CARBON ALLOTROPES; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; NANOSTRUCTURED ASSEMBLY; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO);

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84973390111     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b01854     Document Type: Article

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