Core-shell photoanode developed by atomic layer deposition of Bi2O3 on Si nanowires for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 45, 2014, Pages

  Weng, Baicheng ^a   Xu, Fenghua ^a   Xu, Jianguang ^a  

^a YANCHENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

bismuth oxide; photoanode; silicon nanowires; water splitting

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH OXIDES; CORE-SHELL; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; SI NANOWIRE; SILICON NANOWIRES; WATER SPLITTING;

EID: 84908280404     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/45/455402     Document Type: Article

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