Self-Biased Hybrid Piezoelectric-Photoelectrochemical Cell with Photocatalytic Functionalities

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7661-7670

  Tan, Chuan Fu ^a   Ong, Wei Li ^a   Ho, Ghim Wei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

heterostructure; metal sulfide; photocatalyst; photoelectrochemical; piezoelectric; solar hydrogen; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY HARVESTING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

HETEROSTRUCTURE; METAL SULFIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PIEZOELECTRIC; SOLAR HYDROGEN;

LIGHT;

EID: 84938152110     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03075     Document Type: Article

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