Plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production on Au/TiO2 hybrid nanocrystal arrays

Nano Energy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2016, Pages 412-419

  Wu, Bao Hsien ^a   Liu, Wei Ting ^a   Chen, Tzu Yu ^a   Perng, Tsong Pyng ^a   Huang, Jer Hsing ^a   Chen, Lih Juann ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Localized surface plasmon resonance; Metal nanocrystal array; Photocatalytic reactions

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METAL NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84980398078     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.07.029     Document Type: Article

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