Exploring Graphene Quantum Dots/TiO2 interface in photoelectrochemical reactions: Solar to fuel conversion

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 187, Issue , 2016, Pages 249-255

  Sudhagar, Pitchaimuthu ^a,c   Herraiz Cardona, Isaac ^b   Park, Hun ^a   Song, Taesup ^a   Noh, Seung Hyun ^a   Gimenez, Sixto ^b   Sero, Ivan Mora ^b   Fabregat Santiago, Francisco ^b   Bisquert, Juan ^b,d   Terashima, Chiaki ^c   Paik, Ungyu ^a   Kang, Yong Soo ^a   Fujishima, Akira ^c   Han, Tae Hee ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

charge transfer; graphene quantum dots; photoelectrochemical; solar fuel; TiO2; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; FUELS; GRAPHENE; LIGHT; METALS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; NANOSTRUCTURED SEMICONDUCTOR; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SOLAR FUELS; TIO; WATER SPLITTING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84947997741     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.048     Document Type: Article

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