Solar water splitting in a molecular photoelectrochemical cell

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 20008-20013

  Alibabaei, Leila ^a   Brennaman, M Kyle ^a   Norris, Michael R ^a,c   Kalanyan, Berç ^b   Song, Wenjing ^a   Losego, Mark D ^b   Concepcion, Javier J ^a,d   Binstead, Robert A ^a   Parsons, Gregory N ^b   Meyer, Thomas J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; DYE; HYDROGEN; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; NANOCOATING; NANOMATERIAL; OXYGEN; TIN OXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENERGY YIELD; HYBRID; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SURFACE PROPERTY; WET DEPOSITION;

EID: 84890285793     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1319628110     Document Type: Article

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