International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 164702, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/164702
Research Article

Characterization of Conjugated Polymer Poly(fluorene-co-thiophene) and Its Application as Photosensitizer of TiO2

1School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
2College of Material Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
3Viridian Environmental, LLC, Arlington 22207, VA, USA

Received 26 February 2007; Accepted 15 April 2007

Academic Editor: M. Sabry A. Abdel-Mottaleb

Copyright © 2008 Rongliang Qiu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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