The effect of silver nanoparticles/graphene-coupled TiO2 beads photocatalyst on the photoconversion efficiency of photoelectrochemical hydrogen production

Nanotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 43, 2016, Pages

  Ke, Chun Ren ^a,b   Guo, Jyun Sheng ^a   Su, Yen Hsun ^a   Ting, Jyh Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

grapheme; hydrogen production; silver nanoparticles; surface plasmonic resonance; TiO2 beads; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; GRAPHEME; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMONIC RESONANCES; WATER SPLITTING;

SILVER;

EID: 84989162896     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/43/435405     Document Type: Article

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