Converting environmentally hazardous materials into clean energy using a novel nanostructured photoelectrochemical fuel cell

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2380-2388

  Gan, Yong X ^a   Gan, Bo J ^b   Clark, Evan ^a   Su, Lusheng ^a   Zhang, Lihua ^c  

^a Toledo   (United States)

^b Ottawa Hills High School   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nanostructures; C. Electron microscopy; D. Catalytic properties; D. Electrochemical properties; D. Microstructure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM FLUORIDE; AVERAGE DIAMETER; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CLEAN ENERGY; CLEAN FUEL; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; NANO-STRUCTURED; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTON ENERGY; PLATINUM CATHODES; SODIUM SULFIDES; TIO; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOTUBE ARRAY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOTUBES; TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES; ULTRA-VIOLET; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WALL THICKNESS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; GLYCEROL; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOTUBES; OXIDES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLATINUM; POLYANILINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; UREA;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84864617836     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2012.05.049     Document Type: Article

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