Preparation of titanium dioxide-double-walled carbon nanotubes and its application in flexible dye-sensitized solar cells

Cunxi CHENG; Jihuai WU; Yaoming XIAO; Yuan CHEN; Haijun YU; Ziying TANG; Jianming LIN; Miaoliang HUANG

doi:10.1007/s12200-012-0198-5

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