Nickel oxide particles catalyze photochemical hydrogen evolution from water-nanoscaling promotes p-type character and minority carrier extraction

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5135-5142

  Nail, Benjamin A ^a   Fields, Jorie M ^a   Zhao, Jing ^a   Wang, Jiarui ^a   Greaney, Matthew J ^b   Brutchey, Richard L ^b   Osterloh, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

nanoscale junction; p type metal oxide; photocatalysis; photocorrosion; surface photovoltage spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY GAP; EXTRACTION; GOLD; METALS; METHANOL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NICKEL; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM METALS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

METAL OXIDES; NANOSCALE JUNCTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCORROSION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; SACRIFICIAL ELECTRON DONORS; SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPY;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 84930226232     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00435     Document Type: Article

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