Large-scale patterned ZnO nanorod arrays for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 122-127

  Hu, Yaping ^b   Yan, Xiaoqin ^a   Gu, Yousong ^a   Chen, Xiang ^a   Bai, Zhiming ^a   Kang, Zhuo ^a   Long, Fei ^b   Zhang, Yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Nanorod array; Patterned; Photoelectrochemical; Water splitting; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY HARVESTING; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOLITHOGRAPHY; NANORODS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; LASER INTERFERENCE LITHOGRAPHY; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; ORDERED NANOSTRUCTURES; PATTERNED; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; WATER SPLITTING;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 84933277526     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.02.074     Document Type: Article

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