Process intensification in the production of photocatalysts for solar hydrogen generation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 5207-5215

  Chiang, Chia Ying ^a   Chang, Ming Hui ^b   Liu, Hwai Shen ^b   Tai, Clifford Y ^b   Ehrman, Sheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUO NANOPARTICLES; FAST REACTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PREPARATION METHOD; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; SOLAR-HYDROGEN GENERATION; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS; SPINNING DISK REACTOR; THIN-FILM ELECTRODE; UNIFORM CRYSTALS; VALENCE BAND EDGES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIQUID FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SINTERING;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84859597563     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie202522g     Document Type: Article

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