Polymer-Mediated Self-Assembly of TiO2@Cu2O Core-Shell Nanowire Array for Highly Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 6082-6092

  Yuan, Weiyong ^a   Yuan, Jia ^a   Xie, Jiale ^a   Li, Chang Ming ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

coreshell structure; Cu2O; photoelectrochemical water splitting; polyelectrolyte; self assembly; TiO2 nanowire array

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOWIRES; OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84960517010     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00030     Document Type: Article

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