Hierarchical tree-like heterostructure arrays for enhanced photoeletrochemical activity

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 217-222

  Jiao, Jiqing ^a   Xia, Jian ^b   Qiu, Wenda ^b   Tang, Jianguo ^a   Li, Gaoren ^b   Kuang, Daibin ^b   Tong, Yexiang ^b   Chen, Liuping ^b  

^a The Growing Base for State Key Laboratory   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Surface plasmonic resonance Photoelectrochemistry; Tree like heterostructure; ZnO arrays

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PLASMONS; SILVER; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

BIOMIMETIC APPROACHES; MORPHOLOGY AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; TREE-LIKE HETEROSTRUCTURE; TWO-STEP ELECTRODEPOSITIONS; ZNO;

FORESTRY;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FORESTRY; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84902205015     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.05.083     Document Type: Article

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