Visible light driven photoelectrochemical properties of Ti@TiO2 nanowire electrodes sensitized with core-shell Ag@Ag2S nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 14037-14046

  Shan, Zhichao ^a   Clayton, Daniel ^a   Pan, Shanlin ^a   Archana, Panikar Sathyaseelan ^a   Gupta, Arunava ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NANO-STRUCTURED ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; VISIBLE-LIGHT SENSITIVITY;

SILVER;

EID: 84918543384     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504346k     Document Type: Article

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