Platinum monolayer electrocatalyst on gold nanostructures on silicon for photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 6017-6023

  Kye, Joohong ^a   Shin, Muncheol ^a   Lim, Bora ^a   Jang, Jae Won ^b   Oh, Ilwhan ^c   Hwang, Seongpil ^a  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^c Kumoh National Institute of Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

galvanic displacement; galvanic exchange; gold nanoparticles; photoelectrochemistry; silicon surfaces; solar fuel; underpotential deposition

Indexed keywords

GALVANIC DISPLACEMENT; GALVANIC EXCHANGE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; SILICON SURFACES; SOLAR FUELS; UNDERPOTENTIAL DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLATINUM; SILICON; SILICON OXIDES;

GOLD;

GOLD; HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLATINUM; WATER;

EID: 84880770439     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn401720x     Document Type: Article

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