Plasmon inducing effects for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting: X-ray absorption approach to electronic structures

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 7362-7372

  Chen, Hao Ming ^a   Chen, Chih Kai ^a   Chen, Chih Jung ^a   Cheng, Liang Chien ^a   Wu, Pin Chieh ^a   Cheng, Bo Han ^b   Ho, You Zhe ^a   Tseng, Ming Lun ^a   Hsu, Ying Ya ^c   Chan, Ting Shan ^d   Lee, Jyh Fu ^d   Liu, Ru Shi ^a   Tsai, Din Ping ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

gold; plasmon; water splitting; X ray absorption spectroscopy; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; MUTUALLY INDEPENDENTS; NANORODS ARRAYS; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTORESPONSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PLASMON EXCITATIONS; PLASMONIC; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; WATER SPLITTING;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; NANORODS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

PLASMONS;

HYDROGEN; NANOMATERIAL; OXYGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; X RAY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXYGEN; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 84865604616     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3024877     Document Type: Article

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