Layer-by-layer assembled porous CdSe films incorporated withplasmonic gold and improved photoelectrochemical behaviors

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 680-689

  Liu, Aiping ^a,b   Ren, Qinghua ^a   Yuan, Ming ^a   Xu, Tao ^a   Tan, Manlin ^c   Zhao, Tingyu ^a   Dong, Wenjun ^a   Tang, Weihua ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Metallic plasmon; Multilayer strucuture; Photoelectrochemical behavior; Porous CdSe film; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FILMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CDSE FILMS; ELECTRO-CHEMICAL LAYERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE;

GOLD;

EID: 84884552388     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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