Nanoparticle and nanorod TiO2 composite photoelectrodes with improved performance.

@article{Ai2011NanoparticleAN,
  title={Nanoparticle and nanorod TiO2 composite photoelectrodes with improved performance.},
  author={Guo Ai and Wentao Sun and Yi-Ling Zhang and Lianmao Peng},
  journal={Chemical communications},
  year={2011},
  volume={47 23},
  pages={
          6608-10
        }
}
A novel nanoparticle-nanorod composite TiO(2) photoelectrode is fabricated. A 3.20% efficiency is achieved by using a 2.1 μm-thick as-prepared photoelectrode, which is about 3 times of that obtained by a nanorod array electrode (1.05%). The results demonstrate that the composite nanostructure can take advantage of both fast electron transport (nanorod) and high surface area (nanoparticle). 
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