Nanonet-Based hematite heteronanostructures for efficient solar water splitting

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2398-2401

  Lin, Yongjing ^a   Zhou, Sa ^a   Sheehan, Stafford W ^a   Wang, Dunwei ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COLLECTORS; CHARGE DIFFUSION; CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRANSPORT IN SEMICONDUCTORS; DUAL ROLE; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HETERO-NANOSTRUCTURES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; MATERIAL COMPONENTS; NANO-NET; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; STRUCTURAL SUPPORT; WATER SPLITTING;

HEMATITE; IRON ORES; OXYGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

FERRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; PHOTON; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER SPLITTING;

FERRIC COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; WATER;

EID: 79952270805     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja110741z     Document Type: Article

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