Enhanced photocatalytic water splitting by plasmonic TiO 2-Fe2O3 cocatalyst under visible light irradiation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 12676-12681

  Hung, Wei Hsuan ^a   Chien, Tzu Ming ^a   Tseng, Chuan Ming ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MOS DEVICES; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BROADBAND ABSORPTION; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84903190565     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5033965     Document Type: Article

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