Plasma-assisted synthesis of Ag/ZnO nanocomposites: First example of photo-induced H2 production and sensing

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 15527-15537

  Simon, Quentin ^a   Barreca, Davide ^a   Bekermann, Daniela ^a   Gasparotto, Alberto ^a   MacCato, Chiara ^a   Comini, Elisabetta ^b   Gombac, Valentina ^c   Fornasiero, Paolo ^c   Lebedev, Oleg I ^d   Turner, Stuart ^e   Devi, Anjana ^f   Fischer, Roland A ^f   Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ag; Hydrogen production; Hydrogen sensing; PE CVD; RF Sputtering; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; ALCOHOLIC SOLUTIONS; GASPHASE; HYDROGEN SENSING; PHOTO-INDUCED; PLASMA-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF-SPUTTERING; SI(1 0 0); SPUTTERING TECHNIQUES; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; ZNO; HYDROGEN-SENSING; SIMULATED SOLAR RADIATIONS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMAS; SILVER; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUN; ZINC OXIDE; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SILVER;

EID: 80054839641     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.09.045     Document Type: Article

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