Insight into the Origin of Boosted Photosensitive Efficiency of Graphene from the Cooperative Experiment and Theory Study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 48, 2016, Pages 27091-27103

  Lu, Kang Qiang ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Han, Chuang ^a   Li, Fengyu ^b   Chen, Zhongfang ^b   Xu, Yi Jun ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SOLAR ENERGY; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; GRAPHENE-BASED COMPOSITES; OXIDATION TREATMENTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC SYSTEMS; REDUCTION CAPACITY; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85005949768     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06829     Document Type: Article

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