Visible Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Based on a Ru(II) Polypyridyl Chromophore and Iridium Oxide Nanoparticle Catalyst

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 29, 2015, Pages 17023-17027

  Michaux, Katherine E ^a   Gambardella, Alessa A ^a,b   Alibabaei, Leila ^a   Ashford, Dennis L ^a   Sherman, Benjamin D ^a   Binstead, Robert A ^a,c   Meyer, Thomas J ^a   Murray, Royce W ^a  

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

^b GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CATALYSTS; IRIDIUM; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOLYSIS; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS;

BIAS-DEPENDENT PHOTOCURRENTS; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; DERIVATIZATIONS; LONG TERM STABILITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; SHELL THICKNESS; SURFACE BINDING; SURFACE HYDROLYSIS;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 84937939525     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05711     Document Type: Article

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