3D branched ZnO nanowire arrays decorated with plasmonic Au nanoparticles for high-performance photoelectrochemical water splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4480-4489

  Zhang, Xing ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Kang, Zhenhui ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

branched ZnO nanowire; gold nanoparticles; photoanode; surface plasmon resonance; water splitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GOLD ALLOYS; HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; PLASMONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ZINC OXIDE;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) STRUCTURES; WATER SPLITTING; ZNO NANOWIRES;

GOLD;

EID: 84897012440     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500234v     Document Type: Article

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