Hydrogen-reduced bismuth oxyiodide nanoflake arrays with plasmonic enhancements for efficient photoelectrochemical water reduction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 219, Issue , 2016, Pages 20-27

  Gan, Jiayong ^a   Rajeeva, Bharath Bangalore ^a   Wu, Zilong ^a   Penley, Daniel ^a   Zheng, Yuebing ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

bismuth oxyiodide; oxygen vacancies; photocathodes; photoelectrochemical cells; plasmonic effects

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; CELL ENGINEERING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; GOLD; HOT CARRIERS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLASMONS;

BISMUTH OXYIODIDE; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; ENGINEERED MATERIALS; HOT CARRIER INJECTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 84988942745     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.09.148     Document Type: Article

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