RETRACTED: Heterojunction Photoelectrode of Polyaniline/ZnS Film/ZnO Nanorod on FTO Glass

Hyun Kim, B. Yang^*

School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, Republic of Korea.

DOI: 10.4236/msa.2019.104027                

Abstract

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Keywords

Polyaniline, Visible Light Sensitizer, Photocorrosion, Heterojunction, ZnS Shell/ZnO Core

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

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