Au@SiO2 core/shell nanoparticle-decorated TiO2 nanorod arrays for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 2191-2198

  Chen, Jianan ^a   Yu, Miao ^b   Wang, Yuhao ^b   Shen, Shaohua ^a   Wang, Meng ^a   Guo, Liejin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Charge carrier separation; Metallic plasmon resonance; Photoanode; Titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901390076     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-014-0188-7     Document Type: Article

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