Enhanced photoelectrochemical activity of ZnO-coated TiO2 nanotubes and its dependence on ZnO coating thickness

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Cai, Hua ^a   Liang, Peipei ^a   Hu, Zhigao ^b   Shi, Liqun ^a   Yang, Xu ^a   Sun, Jian ^a   Xu, Ning ^a   Wu, Jiada ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous nanostructure; Photoelectrochemical activity; TiO2; ZnO; ZnO coated TiO2 nanotube

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CHARGE TRANSFER; COATINGS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOTUBES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ANODIZATION; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; RAMAN BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; TIO2; TIO2 NANOTUBES; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 85007415589     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1309-9     Document Type: Article

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