Quantum dot-sensitized hierarchical micro/nanowire architecture for photoelectrochemical water splitting

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 7163-7169

  Sheng, Wenjun ^a   Sun, Bo ^a   Shi, Tielin ^a   Tan, Xianhua ^a   Peng, Zhengchun ^b   Liao, Guanglan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CdS; CdSe; photoelectrochemical water splitting; silicon microwires; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOWIRES; SILICON; ZINC OXIDE;

CDS; CDSE; MICRO WIRE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; ZNO NANOWIRES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84904721235     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn502121t     Document Type: Article

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