Thermal/electrochemical growth and characterization of one-dimensional ZnO/TiO2 hybrid nanoelectrodes for solar fuel production

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 18502-18509

  Shaheen, Basamat S ^a,b   Salem, Hanadi G ^a   El Sayed, Mostafa A ^b   Allam, Nageh K ^a  

^a The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DETERMINANT FACTORS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLANCING ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; NANO-STRUCTURED ELECTRODES; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTON CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ELECTRODES; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTRONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84884195418     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405515v     Document Type: Article

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