Using molecular design to control the performance of hydrogen-producing polymer-brush-modified photocathodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3222-3226

  Cedeno, Diana ^a   Krawicz, Alexandra ^a   Doak, Peter ^a,b   Yu, Min ^a   Neaton, Jeffrey B ^a,b,c   Moore, Gary F ^a,d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute at Berkeley   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy and charge transport; Energy conversion and storage

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DENDRIMERS; ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; POLYMERS;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; CATALYST TREATMENTS; CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES; ENERGY AND CHARGE TRANSPORTS; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SYNTHETIC MODIFICATIONS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84990205575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5016394     Document Type: Article

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