Stable quantum dot photoelectrolysis cell for unassisted visible light solar water splitting

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10403-10413

  Yang, Hong Bin ^a   Miao, Jianwei ^a   Hung, Sung Fu ^a,b   Huo, Fengwei ^c   Chen, Hao Ming ^b   Liu, Bin ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

photoelectrochemical cell; quantum dots; semiconductor; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CDS NANOPARTICLES; CORROSION PROTECTION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS; HYDROGEN FUELS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALS; NICKEL OXIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC SULFIDE; ZNS NANOPARTICLES;

CADMIUM CHALCOGENIDES; CORROSION-RESISTANT; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; PASSIVATION LAYER; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; WATER SPLITTING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84908429197     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503751s     Document Type: Article

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