Silicon nanowire array/Cu2O crystalline core-shell nanosystem for solar-driven photocatalytic water splitting

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 26, 2013, Pages

  Xiong, Zuzhou ^a   Zheng, Maojun ^a   Liu, Sida ^a   Ma, Li ^a   Shen, Wenzhong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL HETEROJUNCTIONS; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; LIGHT TRAPPING EFFECTS; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOWIRES; REFLECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84878736682     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/26/265402     Document Type: Article

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