Photocatalytically prepared metal nanocluster-oxide semiconductor-carbon nanocomposite electrodes for driving multielectron transfer

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3468-3478

  Rajeshwar, Krishnan ^a   Janaky, Csaba ^b   Lin, Wen Yuan ^c   Roberts, David A ^c   Wampler, Wesley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c Sid Richardson Carbon Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; MULTIELECTRON PROCESS; MULTIELECTRON TRANSFER; NANOCOMPOSITE ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITE MATRIX; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEPOSITION; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROCATALYSTS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOCOMPOSITES;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84885969151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401455j     Document Type: Review

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