Size-selected TiO2 nanocluster catalysts for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 11891-11898

  Srivastava, Saurabh ^a   Thomas, Joseph Palathinkal ^a   Rahman, Md Anisur ^a   Abd Ellah, Marwa ^a   Mohapatra, Mamata ^b   Pradhan, Debabrata ^c   Heinig, Nina F ^a   Leung, Kam Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Magnetron sputtering; Photoelectrochemical catalysts; Size selection; TiO2 nanoclusters; Water splitting reaction

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOW OF GASES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; LOW SATURATION VOLTAGES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING SYSTEMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTERS; SIZE SELECTION; WATER SPLITTING REACTIONS;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84912572828     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn505705a     Document Type: Article

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