Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production of TiO2 Passivated Pt/Si-Nanowire Composite Photocathode

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 18560-18565

  Li, Shipu ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Song, Xuefeng ^a   Gao, Lian ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ALD; hydrogen; passivation; photoelectrochemical; Si nanowire arrays; TiO2

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; PLATINUM; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR RADIATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SI NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS; TIO2;

PASSIVATION;

EID: 84940706125     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04936     Document Type: Article

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