Highly Ordered Periodic Au/TiO2 Hetero-Nanostructures for Plasmon-Induced Enhancement of the Activity and Stability for Ethanol Electro-oxidation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 5273-5279

  Jin, Zhao ^a   Wang, Qiyu ^a   Zheng, Weitao ^a   Cui, Xiaoqiang ^a  

^a Jilin University   (China)

Author keywords

charge separation; ethanol electro oxidation; heterostructure; periodic structure; surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC OXIDATION; DIRECT ALCOHOL FUEL CELLS (DAFC); ELECTRODES; ELECTROOXIDATION; ETHANOL; FUEL CELLS; GOLD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOTUBES; OXIDATION; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PLASMONS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ETHANOL ELECTRO-OXIDATION; SELF-CLEANING PROPERTIES; SURFACE PLASMONS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

ANODIC OXIDATION;

EID: 84959459347     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11259     Document Type: Article

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