Surface plasmon assisted cuxo photocatalyst for pure water splitting

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 102, 2013, Pages A221-A228

  Kung, Wen Ting ^a   Pai, Yi Hao ^a   Hsu, Yu Kuei ^a   Lin, Chu Hsuan ^a   Wang, Chih Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COPPER; GOLD;

ABSORPTION WAVELENGTHS; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; BUILT-IN POTENTIAL; EVOLUTION RATE; H2 EVOLUTION; NANO-POROUS; REFLECTION SPECTRA; SURFACE PLASMONS; PURE WATER;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84875191938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A221     Document Type: Article

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