Implementation of Ag nanoparticle incorporated WO3 thin film photoanode for hydrogen production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2117-2125

  Naseri, N ^a   Kim, H ^b   Choi, W ^b   Moshfegh, A Z ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hydrogen generation; Photocurrent density; Photoelectron recombination; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; PRODUCED WATER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; NANO-CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; UV-VISIBLE SPECTRA; WATER SPLITTING REACTIONS;

SILVER;

EID: 84874111419     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.11.132     Document Type: Article

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