Enhanced optical and electronic properties of a solar light-responsive photocatalyst for efficient hydrogen evolution by SrTiO3/TiO2 nanotube combination

Solar Energy

Volumn 134, Issue , 2016, Pages 52-63

  Su, En Chin ^a   Huang, Bing Shun ^b   Wey, Ming Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Research Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electronic delivery; Hydrogen evolution; Solar light responsive multi junction photocatalyst; SrTiO3 TiO2 nanotube composite

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRONIC DELIVERY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; MULTI-JUNCTIONS; NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSE;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

CATALYST; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IRRADIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOLYSIS; REDOX POTENTIAL; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84981738096     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2016.04.007     Document Type: Article

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