Significant performance enhancement of ZnO photoanodes from Ni(OH)2 electrocatalyst nanosheets overcoating

Nano Energy

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-18

  Mao, Yanchao ^a,b   Yang, Hao ^a   Chen, Junxiang ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   Tong, Yexiang ^a   Wang, Xudong ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Core shell nanorod arrays; Electrocatalyst; Ni(OH)2; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYTIC EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; MAGNITUDE ENHANCEMENT; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; ZNO;

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; REDUCTION; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC OXIDE;

NICKEL;

EID: 84897859760     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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