Enhanced ferroelectric photoelectrochemical properties of polycrystalline BiFeO3 film by decorating with Ag nanoparticles

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Qing ^a   Zhou, Yang ^b   You, Lu ^b   Wang, Junling ^b   Shen, Mingrong ^a   Fang, Liang ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLARIZATION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

AG NANOPARTICLE; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOELECTRODE; POLYCRYSTALLINE BIFEO;

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EID: 84954357352     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4939747     Document Type: Article

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