Broadband plasmon photocurrent generation from Au nanoparticles/mesoporous TiO2 nanotube electrodes

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-85

  Wu, Xu ^a   Centeno, Anthony ^a,b   Zhang, Xuemei ^a   Darvill, Daniel ^a   Ryan, Mary P ^a   Riley, D Jason ^a   Alford, Neil M ^a   Xie, Fang ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Au nanoparticles; Mesoporous photoelectrode; Plasmonics; Solar cells; TiO2 nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; HOT ELECTRONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PLASMONS; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

AU NANOPARTICLE; LOCALISED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NANOTUBE ELECTRODES; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOELECTRODE; PLASMONICS; TIO;

GOLD;

EID: 84925045354     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.02.021     Document Type: Article

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