Recent advances in visible-light-driven photoelectrochemical water splitting: Catalyst nanostructures and reaction systems

Nano-Micro Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-12

  Chen, Xiaoping ^a,b   Zhang, Zhixiang ^a,b   Chi, Lina ^a,b   Nair, Aathira Krishnadas ^b   Shangguan, Wenfeng ^a   Jiang, Zheng ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterojuction; Hybrid systems; Nanostructures; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Reaction system

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATHODES; PLASMONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HETERO-JUCTION; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; REACTION SYSTEM; WATER SPLITTING SYSTEM;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 84979231164     PISSN: 23116706     EISSN: 21505551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40820-015-0063-3     Document Type: Review

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