Enhanced charge collection for splitting of water enabled by an engineered three-dimensional nanospike array

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 22465-22472

  Qiu, Yongcai ^a,b   Leung, Siu Fung ^a   Wei, Zhanhua ^a   Lin, Qingfeng ^a   Zheng, Xiaoli ^a   Zhang, Yuegang ^b   Fan, Zhiyong ^a   Yang, Shihe ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN FUELS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIN OXIDES; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; ZINC OXIDE;

CONTACT SURFACE AREA; ELECTRON COLLECTIONS; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; MESOPOROUS THIN FILMS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84907720832     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507800t     Document Type: Article

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