Au nanoparticles modified branched TiO2nanorod array arranged with ultrathin nanorods for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 693, Issue , 2017, Pages 1124-1132

  Xu, Fang ^a   Mei, Jingjing ^a   Zheng, Miqian ^a   Bai, Dandan ^a   Wu, Dapeng ^a   Gao, Zhiyong ^a   Jiang, Kai ^a  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Au nanoparticles; Branched TiO2nanorod array; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AU NANOPARTICLE; BRANCHED STRUCTURES; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY;

GOLD;

EID: 84992075083     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.09.273     Document Type: Article

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