Photochemical water splitting of WO3 nanoparticles layers on indium tin oxide glass substance after absorbing chlorophyll

Materials Research Innovations

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2014, Pages

  Huang, C C ^a   Su, Y H ^b   Tu, S L ^b   Yung, T W ^c   Ke, Y F ^c   Chen, T H ^d  

^a CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; ITO substrate film; Nanoparticles layers; Photochemical water splitting; Tungsten oxide

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CITRIC ACID; EFFICIENCY; NANOPARTICLES; TANNINS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

GROWTH SURFACES; ITO SUBSTRATES; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; WATER SPLITTING;

OXIDES;

EID: 84901432274     PISSN: 14328917     EISSN: 1433075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1432891714Z.000000000584     Document Type: Article

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