Photon up-conversion with lanthanide-doped oxide particles for solar H 2 generation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 11279-11284

  Gonell, Francisco ^a   Haro, Marta ^a   Sánchez, Rafael S ^a   Negro, Patricia ^a   Mora Seró, Iván ^a   Bisquert, Juan ^a,b   Julián López, Beatriz ^a   Gimenez, Sixto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; TITANIUM OXIDES;

EMISSION LIFETIME; OPTICAL INTERACTIONS; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE; PHOTON UP CONVERSIONS; SOLAR-HYDROGEN GENERATION; SUBMICROMETRIC PARTICLE; UPCONVERSION PROPERTIES; VISIBLE RADIATIONS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84901774433     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp503743e     Document Type: Article

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