Efficient solar water-splitting using a nanocrystalline CoO photocatalyst

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-73

  Liao, Longb ^a   Zhang, Qiuhui ^a,b   Su, Zhihua ^a   Zhao, Zhongzheng ^a   Wang, Yanan ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Lu, Xiaoxiang ^a   Wei, Dongguang ^c   Feng, Guoying ^b   Yu, Qingkai ^d   Cai, Xiaojun ^e   Zhao, Jimin ^f   Ren, Zhifeng ^e   Fang, Hui ^g   Robles Hernandez, Francisco ^a   Baldelli, Steven ^e   Bao, Jiming ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

^d Texas State University   (United States)

^e University of Houston   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^g SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LASER ABLATION; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; MECHANICAL BALL MILLING; NANOCRYSTALLINES; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SACRIFICIAL REAGENT; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

COBALT OXIDE; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMTOSECOND LASER ABLATION; LIGHT; MECHANICAL BALL MILLING; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER SPLITTING METHOD;

EID: 84891830926     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.272     Document Type: Article

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