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... synthesis ofthe wide bandgap of TiO2, the small particle size of 10 to approximately 20 nm, the wide surface area of TiO2, and the porosity As stated above, these can increase the adsorption of ... nanofibers can be observed at the surface ofthe film, so the nanofiber-added TiO2 film has an advantage to having higher adsorption of dye molecules and also supports the penetration ofthe ... Assembly ofthe testing cells The Pt electrode was placed over the dye-adsorbed TiO2 electrode, and the edges ofthe cell were sealed The sealing was accomplished by hot-pressing two electrodes together...
... meet the challenge of energy crisis Theperformanceof a thermoelectric material is quantified by the dimensionless figure of S 2σ T merit ZT = , where S is the Seebeck coefficient, σ is the electrical ... both G and λe of these two CNTs vanish around the Fermi level ( µ = ) since this area corresponds to the band gap ofthe systems When the chemical potential moves to the edge ofthe first conduction ... To further improve the thermoelectric performanceof these CNTs, we have considered isotope substitution which is believed to reduce the phonon-induced thermal conductance without changing the...
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