Rough gold films as broadband absorbers for plasmonic enhancement of TiO2 photocurrent over 400-800 nm

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Tan, Furui ^a   Li, Tenghao ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Lai, Sin Ki ^a   Tsoi, Chi Chung ^a   Yu, Weixing ^b   Zhang, Xuming ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

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EID: 84986891176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33049     Document Type: Article

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