Direct water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen under visible light by using modified taon photocatalysts with d0 electronic configuration

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4986-4991

  Maeda, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Lu, Daling ^a   Domen, Kazunari ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial photosynthesis; Photocatalysis; Semiconductors; Solar energy conversion; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; MINISTRY OF EDUCATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCIES; WATER SPLITTING;

ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

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EID: 84877845929     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300158     Document Type: Article

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