Rational design and synthesis of freestanding photoelectric nanodevices as highly efficient photocatalysts

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1941-1949

  Qu, Yongquan ^a   Liao, Lei ^a   Cheng, Rui ^a   Wang, Yue ^a   Lin, Yung Chen ^a   Huang, Yu ^a   Duan, Xiangfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial photosynthesis; CO2 reduction; Photocatalyst; Solar fuel

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ENERGY; CO2 REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS; HETEROSTRUCTURES; INSULATING SHELL; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; METAL CATALYST; NANO DEVICE; NANO SCALE; NANO-DEVICES; NANOSCALE METALS; NANOWIRE HETEROSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; RATIONAL DESIGN; REDOX CATALYSTS; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SILVER NANOWIRES; SINGLE NANOWIRES; SOLAR FUELS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; VISIBLE LIGHT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DESIGN; ENERGY HARVESTING; FUELS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; METAL IONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSYSTEMS; NANOWIRES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLATINUM; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POWER SUPPLY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TRANSDUCER;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77952343792     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl101010m     Document Type: Article

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