Visible photoelectrochemical water splitting into H2 and O2 in a dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 5899-5902

  Alibabaei, Leila ^a   Sherman, Benjamin D ^a   Norris, Michael R ^b   Brennaman, M Kyle ^a   Meyer, Thomas J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Core shell; Dye sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell; Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; FLUORINE; HYDROGEN; NANOFILM; NANOMATERIAL; NANOSHELL; OXYGEN; RUTHENIUM; TIN OXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT DENSITY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DYE SENSITIZED PHOTOELECTROSYNTHESIS CELL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROLYSIS; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH ELECTRODE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 84929224160     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506111112     Document Type: Article

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