Nanostructure designs for effective solar-to-hydrogen conversion

Nanophotonics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-50

  Shen, Shaohua ^a   Mao, Samuel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Photocatalyst; Photoelectrode; Solar hydrogen; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOADING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; REACTION KINETICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE REACTIONS;

NARROW BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOELECTRODE; PHOTONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLAR HYDROGEN; SOLAR HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS; WATER SPLITTING;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84867627310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21928614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2012-0010     Document Type: Review

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