Plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic activity of iron oxide on gold nanopillars

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 234-240

  Gao, Hanwei ^a   Liu, Chong ^a   Jeong, Hoon Eui ^a   Yang, Peidong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

iron oxide; nanograting; photoanode; photocurrent; plasmonic

Indexed keywords

INCIDENT LIGHT; IRON OXIDE LAYERS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOGRATING; NANOPILLARS; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; PLASMONIC; SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRODE; SOLAR SPECTRUM; ULTRA-THIN; WATER SPLITTING;

GOLD; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; IRON; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PLASMONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE REACTIONS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATER ABSORPTION;

IRON OXIDES;

FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GOLD; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84856192573     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203457a     Document Type: Article

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