Hydrogen production using metal nanoparticle modified silicon thin film photoelectrode

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6650, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Yae, Shinji ^a,b   Onaka, Ayumi ^a   Abe, Makoto ^a   Fukumuro, Naoki ^a   Ogawa, Shunsuke ^b   Yoshida, Norimitsu ^b,d   Nonomura, Shuichi ^b,d   Nakato, Yoshihiro ^c,d   Matsuda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroless deposition; Microcrystalline silicon thin film; Photoelectrochemical solar cells; Platinum nanoparticle; Solar to chemical conversion; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLESS PLATING; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; THIN FILMS;

PLATINUM NANOPARTICLE; SOLAR TO CHEMICAL CONVERSION; WATER SPLITTING;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 42149175578     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.739442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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