Ferroelectric Polarization-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting in TiO2-BaTiO3 Core-Shell Nanowire Photoanodes

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 7574-7580

  Yang, Weiguang ^a,b   Yu, Yanhao ^a   Starr, Matthew B ^a   Yin, Xin ^a   Li, Zhaodong ^a   Kvit, Alexander ^c   Wang, Shifa ^d   Zhao, Ping ^d   Wang, Xudong ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

barium titanate; Ferroelectric polarization; photoelectrochemical water splitting; piezotronic band engineering; TiO2 nanowire

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BARIUM; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BARIUM TITANATE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FERROELECTRICITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLARIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BAND ENGINEERING; BAND STRUCTURE ENGINEERING; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PIEZOELECTRIC POTENTIAL; POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TIO;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84946882264     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03988     Document Type: Article

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