Efficient water reduction with gallium phosphide nanowires

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Standing, Anthony ^a,b   Assali, Simone ^a   Gao, Lu ^a   Verheijen, Marcel A ^a,c   Van Dam, Dick ^a   Cui, Yingchao ^a   Notten, Peter H L ^a,d   Haverkort, Jos E M ^a   Bakkers, Erik P A M ^a,e  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b BioSolar Cells ^*  (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE; NANOWIRE; PLATINUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ELECTROKINESIS; GALLIUM; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN; LIGHT EFFECT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHIDE GROUP; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REDUCTION; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 84937598298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8824     Document Type: Article

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