Reduced graphene oxide/silicon nanowire heterostructures with enhanced photoactivity and superior photoelectrochemical stability

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2850-2858

  Zhong, Xing ^a   Wang, Gongming ^a   Papandrea, Benjamin ^a   Li, Mufan ^a   Xu, Yuxi ^a   Chen, Yu ^b   Chen, Chih Yen ^a   Zhou, Hailong ^a   Xue, Teng ^b   Li, Yongjia ^b   Li, Dehui ^a   Huang, Yu ^a,b   Duan, Xiangfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

graphene; photoactivity; photocatalyst; silicon nanowire; stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941737513     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0790-2     Document Type: Article

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