p-type Cu-Ti-O nanotube arrays and their use in self-biased heterojunction photoelectrochemical diodes for hydrogen generation

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1906-1911

  Mor, Gopal K ^a   Varghese, Oomman K ^a   Wilke, Rudeger H T ^a   Sharma, Sanjeev ^a   Shankar, Karthik ^a   Latempa, Thomas J ^a   Choi, Kyoung Shin ^b   Grimes, Craig A ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIZATION; COATED GLASS; EARTH'S CRUSTS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; INCIDENT LIGHTS; METAL FILMS; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; P TYPES; P-N JUNCTIONS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PHOTOCORROSION; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL; SELF-BIASED; SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSIONS; SPECTRAL PHOTORESPONSE; VISIBLE LIGHTS; VISIBLE SPECTRUMS; WATER-SPLITTING;

COPPER OXIDES; DIODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUORINE; GLASS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOTUBES; OXIDE FILMS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR ENERGY; TIN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

COPPER;

COPPER; HYDROGEN; NANOTUBE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIODE LASER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPPER; HYDROGEN; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 53149144743     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl080572y     Document Type: Article

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