Growth and Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion of Wurtzite Indium Phosphide Nanowire Arrays

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 5525-5535

  Kornienko, Nikolay ^a   Gibson, Natalie A ^a,b   Zhang, Hao ^a   Eaton, Samuel W ^a   Yu, Yi ^a   Aloni, Shaul ^b   Leone, Stephen R ^a,b   Yang, Peidong ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^d Kavli Nanoscience Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

catalysis; chemical vapor deposition; energy conversion; nanowire synthesis; photoelectrochemistry

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROGEN STORAGE; INDIUM; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCATHODES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; ZINC SULFIDE;

INDIUM PHOSPHIDE NANOWIRES; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; NANOWIRE SYNTHESIS; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SYSTEM INTEGRATION;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 84973277738     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b02083     Document Type: Article

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