Knitting the catalytic pattern of artificial photosynthesis to a hybrid graphene nanotexture

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 811-817

  Quintana, Mildred ^a   López, Alejandro Montellano ^a   Rapino, Stefania ^b   Toma, Francesca Maria ^a   Iurlo, Matteo ^b   Carraro, Mauro ^c   Sartorel, Andrea ^c   MacCato, Chiara ^c   Ke, Xiaoxing ^d   Bittencourt, Carla ^d   Da Ros, Tatiana ^a   Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf ^d   Marcaccio, Massimo ^b   Paolucci, Francesco ^b   Prato, Maurizio ^a   Bonchio, Marcella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

artificial photosynthesis; carbon nanostructures; functionalized graphene; polyoxometalates; water oxidation catalysis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; FUNCTIONALIZED; POLYOXOMETALATES; WATER OXIDATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; HYBRID MATERIALS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; PHOTOSYSTEM II, PSII X SUBUNIT; PHOTOSYSTEM II, PSII-X SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872868718     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305313q     Document Type: Article

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