Manipulation of charge transfer and transport in plasmonic-ferroelectric hybrids for photoelectrochemical applications

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Zhijie ^a,b   Cao, Dawei ^a   Wen, Liaoyong ^a   Xu, Rui ^a   Obergfell, Manuel ^c,d   Mi, Yan ^a   Zhan, Zhibing ^a   Nasori, Nasori ^a   Demsar, Jure ^a,d   Lei, Yong ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORBANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROLYTE; GOLD; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PLASMA; SOLAR POWER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONVERSION; MORPHOLOGY; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84954447421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10348     Document Type: Article

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