Facile synthesis of Pt nanoparticles/ZnO nanorod arrays for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-5

  Hsu, Yu Kuei ^a   Fu, Shih Yu ^a   Chen, Mei Hsin ^a   Chen, Ying Chu ^b   Lin, Yan Gu ^c  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

nanoparticles; nanorods; photoelectrochemistry; Platinum; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PT NANOPARTICLES; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; ZNO;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC OXIDE;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84892690052     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.12.095     Document Type: Article

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