Reducing graphene oxide on a visible-light BiVO4 photocatalyst for an enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2607-2612

  Ng, Yun Hau ^a   Iwase, Akihide ^a   Kudo, Akihiko ^b   Amal, Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH VANADATES; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON LIFETIME; GRAPHENE OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTORESPONSES; SINGLE-STEP; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING ELECTRODES; VISIBLE LIGHT; WATER SPLITTING; WATER SPLITTING REACTIONS;

BISMUTH;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 77956327241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100978u     Document Type: Article

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