Supercritical CO2-assisted electrochemical deposition of ZnO mesocrystals for practical photoelectrochemical applications

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 25596-25603

  Lin, Wei Hao ^a   Chang, Tso Fu Mark ^b   Lu, Yi Hsuan ^a   Sato, Tatsuo ^b   Sone, Masato ^b   Wei, Kung Hwa ^a   Hsu, Yung Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; SUPERSATURATION DEGREE;

DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EMULSIFICATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOCRYSTALS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; REDUCTION; ZINC OXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84890348313     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp409607m     Document Type: Article

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