High efficiency, Pt-free photoelectrochemical cells for solar hydrogen generation based on “giant” quantum dots

Nano Energy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2016, Pages 265-274

  Adhikari, Rajesh ^a   Jin, Lei ^a   Navarro Pardo, Fabiola ^a   Benetti, Daniele ^a   AlOtaibi, Bandar ^b   Vanka, Srinivas ^b   Zhao, Haiguang ^a   Mi, Zetian ^b   Vomiero, Alberto ^a,c   Rosei, Federico ^a,d  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Core@shell quantum dots; Giant; Hydrogen generation; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METALLIC FILMS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; GIANT; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR-HYDROGEN GENERATION; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84979257007     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.07.010     Document Type: Article

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