Plasmon-Sensitized Graphene/TiO2 Inverse Opal Nanostructures with Enhanced Charge Collection Efficiency for Water Splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 7075-7083

  Boppella, Ramireddy ^a   Kochuveedu, Saji Thomas ^a,c   Kim, Heejun ^a   Jeong, Myung Jin ^b   Marques Mota, Filipe ^a   Park, Jong Hyeok ^b   Kim, Dong Ha ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

inverse opal; photocatalysis; photoelectrochemical water splitting; surface plasmons; TiO2 graphene

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; GRAPHENE; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS;

CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; INVERSE OPAL; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SURFACE PLASMONS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER SPLITTING REACTIONS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 85014198253     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b14618     Document Type: Article

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