Enabling practical electrocatalyst-assisted photoelectron-chemical water splitting with earth abundant materials

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-81

  Yang, Xiaogang ^a   Liu, Rui ^b,c   He, Yumin ^c   Thorne, James ^c   Zheng, Zhi ^a   Wang, Dunwei ^c  

^a XUCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

earth abundance; efficiency; interface; photoelectrochemical water splitting; stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921418737     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0645-2     Document Type: Review

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