Gold nanocage coupled single crystal TiO2 nanostructures for near-infrared water photolysis

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Chadha, Tandeep S ^a   Park, Jinho ^a,b,c   An, Woo Jin ^a,d   Biswas, Pratim ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SUNEDISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol chemical vapor deposition; Hot electron injection; Surface plasmon resonance; Visible and near infrared photocatalysis; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRON INJECTION; GOLD DEPOSITS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HOT ELECTRONS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOLYSIS; PLASMONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER ABSORPTION;

COLUMNAR THIN FILMS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PHOTOCURRENT ACTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED; WATER PHOTOLYSIS; WATER SPLITTING;

THIN FILMS;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; INDICATOR; NANOCAGE; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; FILM; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOLYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84912535765     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2696-4     Document Type: Article

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