MoS2-wrapped silicon nanowires for photoelectrochemical water reduction

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 281-287

  Zhang, Liming ^a   Liu, Chong ^a   Wong, Andrew Barnabas ^a,d   Resasco, Joaquin ^b   Yang, Peidong ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

coaxial heterostructure; hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); MoS2; photoelectrochemistry; Si nanowire array

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925519408     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0673-y     Document Type: Article

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