Core-shell Fe3O4-ZnO nanoparticles decorated on reduced graphene oxide for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting

Ceramics International

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 5117-5128

  Yusoff, N ^a   Kumar, S Vijay ^b   Pandikumar, A ^a   Huang, N M ^a   Marlinda, A R ^a   An'Amt, M N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Core shell; Iron (III) oxide; Reduced graphene oxide; Water splitting; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GRAPHENE; HYBRID MATERIALS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; IRON COMPOUNDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

CORE SHELL; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS (EDX); FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON(III) OXIDE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; WATER SPLITTING;

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EID: 84922916386     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.12.084     Document Type: Article

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