Light trapping for solar fuel generation with Mie resonances

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1446-1452

  Kim, Soo Jin ^a   Thomann, Isabell ^a,b   Park, Junghyun ^a   Kang, Ju Hyung ^a   Vasudev, Alok P ^a   Brongersma, Mark L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

iron oxide; Light trapping; Mie resonance; photoelectrochemistry; solar fuel generation; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; FUELS; IRON OXIDES; QUANTUM OPTICS; RESONANCE;

LIGHT-TRAPPING; MIE RESONANCE; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; SOLAR FUELS; WATER SPLITTING;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; WATER;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR ENERGY;

CATALYSIS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER;

EID: 84896364677     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl404575e     Document Type: Article

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