Well-Steered Charge-Carrier Transfer in 3D Branched CuxO/ZnO@Au Heterostructures for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 48, 2015, Pages 26819-26827

  Zhou, Gang ^a   Xu, Xiaoyong ^a   Ding, Tao ^b   Feng, Bing ^a   Bao, Zhijia ^a   Hu, Jingguo ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

branched heterostructure; CuO ZnO@Au; photocatalytic hydrogen production; photogenerated carrier transfer; plasmonic photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GOLD; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE CARRIER TRANSFER; HIERARCHICAL ASSEMBLIES; MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84949643373     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09027     Document Type: Article

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