Radially oriented mesoporous TiO2 microspheres with single-crystal-like anatase walls for high-efficiency optoelectronic devices

Science Advances

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Yong ^a   Che, Renchao ^a   Chen, Gang ^b   Fan, Jianwei ^a,c   Sun, Zhenkun ^a   Wu, Zhangxiong ^a   Wang, Minghong ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Wei, Jing ^a   Wei, Yong ^a   Wang, Geng ^b   Guan, Guozhen ^a   Elzatahry, Ahmed A ^d,e   Bagabas, Abdulaziz A ^f   Al Enizi, Abdullah M ^g   Deng, Yonghui ^a   Peng, Huisheng ^a   Zhao, Dongyuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

^e GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY CONVERSION; EVAPORATION; MICROSPHERES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREAS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CRYSTALLINE MESOPOROUS; ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES; LARGE PORE VOLUME; MESOPOROUS TIO2; ORIENTED ASSEMBLY; PHOTO-ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 85041474471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500166     Document Type: Article

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