Surface deposition of Ag and Au nano-isles on ZnO thin films yields enhanced photoelectrochemical splitting of water

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 299-312

  Kumari, Babita ^a   Sharma, Shailja ^a   Satsangi, Vibha R ^a   Dass, Sahab ^a   Shrivastav, Rohit ^a  

^a DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Electrodeposition; Hydrogen production; Nanostructured zinc oxide; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Silver gold nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; ENERGY GAP; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDE MINERALS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SOLS; TOPOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAYS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

DEPOSITION OF METALS; DEPOSITION POTENTIAL; NANOSTRUCTURED ZINC OXIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; SILVER AND GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84925504422     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: 15728838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-015-0790-7     Document Type: Article

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