Enhanced photoelectrocatalytic performance of α-Fe2O3 thin films by surface plasmon resonance of Au nanoparticles coupled with surface passivation by atom layer deposition of Al2O3

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Yuting ^a,b   Xu, Zhen ^b   Yin, Min ^b   Fan, Haowen ^a   Cheng, Weijie ^a,b   Lu, Linfeng ^b   Song, Ye ^a   Ma, Jing ^c   Zhu, Xufei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic layer deposition; Hematite; Photoelectrocatalytic water splitting; Surface passivation; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANNEALING; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; ATOMS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HEMATITE; NANOPARTICLES; PASSIVATION; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

LAYER DEPOSITION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; WATER SPLITTING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84942901081     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-1077-y     Document Type: Article

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