A facile strategy to fabricate Au/TiO 2 nanotubes photoelectrode with excellent photoelectrocatalytic properties

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 391, Issue , 2017, Pages 345-352

  Zhang, Guowei ^a   Miao, Hui ^a   Hu, Xiaoyun ^a   Mu, Jianglong ^a   Liu, Xixi ^a   Han, Tongxin ^a   Fan, Jun ^a   Liu, Enzhou ^a   Yin, Yunchao ^a   Wan, Jun ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gold nanoparticles; Photoelectrocatalytic activity; Surface sensitization; TiO 2 nanotubes electrode

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DYES; EXCITONS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PLASMONS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC; PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SURFACE SENSITIZATION; TIO2 NANOTUBES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOTUBES; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EID: 84960193477     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.03.042     Document Type: Article

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