Evaluation of the Effective Photoexcitation Distances in the Photocatalytic Production of H2 from Water using Au@Void@TiO2 Yolk-Shell Nanostructures

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 52-56

  Lee, Yoon Jae ^a   Joo, Ji Bong ^a   Yin, Yadong ^a   Zaera, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GEOMETRY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; INDEPENDENT CONTROL; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; SHELL NANOSTRUCTURES; TITANIA SURFACES;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 85007286857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00040     Document Type: Article

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