Tuning the surface Fermi level on p-type gallium nitride nanowires for efficient overall water splitting

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kibria, M G ^a   Zhao, S ^a   Chowdhury, F A ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Nguyen, H P T ^a   Trudeau, M L ^b   Guo, H ^a   Mi, Z ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; GALLIUM NITRIDE; HYDROGEN; NANOWIRE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; GALLIUM;

ARTICLE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SURFACE CHARGE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS; GALLIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84899886993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4825     Document Type: Article

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