Tailoring n-ZnO/p-Si branched nanowire heterostructures for selective photoelectrochemical water oxidation or reduction

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3017-3022

  Kargar, Alireza ^a   Sun, Ke ^a   Jing, Yi ^a   Choi, Chulmin ^b   Jeong, Huisu ^d   Zhou, Yuchun ^a   Madsen, Kristian ^a   Naughton, Perry ^a   Jin, Sungho ^b   Jung, Gun Young ^d   Wang, Deli ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Branched nanowire heterostructure; oxidation; photoelectrochemical cell; reduction; solar water splitting

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED NANOWIRES; BROADBAND ABSORPTION; DOPING CONCENTRATION; EARTH-ABUNDANT MATERIALS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING;

ANODIC OXIDATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOWIRES; OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REDUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER ABSORPTION;

SILICON;

EID: 84880154375     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl304539x     Document Type: Article

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