Nanostructured materials for water splitting - State of the art and future needs: A mini-review

Electrochemistry Communications

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-17

  Chen, Shuai ^a   Thind, Sapanbir S ^a   Chen, Aicheng ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrocatalyst; Nanostructured materials; Photoelectrochemistry; Semiconductor; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN FUELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CO CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN ECONOMY; LIGHT ABSORBERS; NANO-STRUCTURED; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; STATE OF THE ART; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84954531483     PISSN: 13882481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2015.12.003     Document Type: Review

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