Photo-electrocatalytic hydrogen generation at dye-sensitised electrodes functionalised with a heterogeneous metal catalyst

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 219, Issue , 2016, Pages 773-780

  Hoogeveen, Dijon A ^a   Fournier, Maxime ^a   Bonke, Shannon A ^a   Fang, Xi Ya ^a   Mozer, Attila J ^b   Mishra, Amaresh ^c,d   Bäuerle, Peter ^c   Simonov, Alexandr N ^a   Spiccia, Leone ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d SAMBALPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

dye sensitised photocathode; electrodeposition; hydrogen evolution reaction; photo electrocatalysis; platinum

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATHODES; PLATINUM;

FARADAIC EFFICIENCIES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; PHOTO-ELECTROCATALYSIS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

PLATINUM METALS;

EID: 84994242463     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.10.029     Document Type: Article

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