Nanosized WO3 thin film as a multifunctional hydrogen material for achieving photolysis in CuCl films via hydrogen photosensitization

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 515-523

  Gavrilyuk, A I ^a  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Copper nanoparticles; CuCl; Exiton burning; Hydrogen; Photochromism; WO3

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY; COPPER NANOPARTICLES; CUCL; CUCL FILMS; DONOR MOLECULES; DOUBLE LAYER STRUCTURE; HALIDE SURFACES; HYDROGEN ATOMS; NANO-SIZED; OPTICAL PARAMETER; ORGANIC MOLECULES; OXIDE SURFACE; PHOTO-INDUCED; PROTON-COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER; SURFACE PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCHROMISM; PROTONS; SURFACE REACTIONS; SURFACES; THIN FILMS;

PHOTOLYSIS;

EID: 75149162295     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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