In situ growth of matchlike ZnO/Au plasmonic heterostructure for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 15052-15060

  Wu, Mi ^a   Chen, Wei Jian ^a   Shen, Yu Hua ^a   Huang, Fang Zhi ^a   Li, Chuan Hao ^a   Li, Shi Kuo ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

matchlike ZnO Au heterostructure; PEC water splitting; photoanode; photoreduction; surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLASMONS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTO-REDUCTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS; TRANSPORTATION PROPERTIES; WATER SPLITTING;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84907846439     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503044f     Document Type: Article

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