Sub-particle reaction and photocurrent mapping to optimize catalyst-modified photoanodes

Nature

Volumn 530, Issue 7588, 2016, Pages 77-80

  Sambur, Justin B ^a   Chen, Tai Yen ^a   Choudhary, Eric ^a,d   Chen, Guanqun ^a   Nissen, Erin J ^b   Thomas, Elayne M ^c   Zou, Ningmu ^a   Chen, Peng ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b and Mass Communication   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; COBALT; NANOROD; RESAZURIN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

ABSORPTION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; HYDROGEN; MAPPING; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDATION; OXIDE; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR POWER; TITANIUM; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CRYSTAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOANODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84957596458     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16534     Document Type: Article

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