Light-Driven Water Splitting with a Molecular Electroassembly-Based Core/Shell Photoanode

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 3213-3217

  Sherman, Benjamin D ^a   Ashford, Dennis L ^a   Lapides, Alexander M ^a   Sheridan, Matthew V ^a   Wee, Kyung Ryang ^a   Meyer, Thomas J ^a  

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

Author keywords

dye sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cells; molecular catalysis; photochemical solar energy conversion; solar fuels

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHROMOPHORES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODES; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY;

DYE SENSITIZED; FARADAIC EFFICIENCIES; OXIDE ELECTRODES; OXIDIZED STATE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERS; SOLAR FUELS; SURFACE BOUNDS; WATER SPLITTING;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 84939863850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01370     Document Type: Article

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