Indium-Tin-Oxide Nanowire Array Based CdSe/CdS/TiO2 One-Dimensional Heterojunction Photoelectrode for Enhanced Solar Hydrogen Production

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1161-1168

  Han, Hyun Soo ^a   Han, Gill Sang ^b   Kim, Ju Seong ^c   Kim, Dong Hoe ^c   Hong, Jung Sug ^c   Caliskan, Salim ^b   Jung, Hyun Suk ^d   Cho, In Sun ^e   Lee, Jung Kun ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^e Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1D transparent conducting oxides; CdSe CdS TiO2 heterojunction; Charge transport; In2O3:Sn nanowire array; Photoelectrochemical hydrogen production

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRANSFER; DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CDSE; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION METHODS; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; VAPOR LIQUID SOLID METHODS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84960172435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01229     Document Type: Article

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