Plasmon-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting on Gold Nanoparticle Decorated ZnO/CdS Nanotube Arrays

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 4249-4257

  Wei, Ren Bin ^a   Kuang, Pan Yong ^a   Cheng, Hui ^a   Chen, Yi Bo ^a   Long, Jian You ^b   Zhang, Ming Yi ^c   Liu, Zhao Qing ^a  

^a Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Au nanoparticles; Nanotube arrays; Photoelectrochemical performance; Plasmon effect; ZnO CdS

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLASMONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); YARN;

AU NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PLASMON EFFECTS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 85018429882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00242     Document Type: Article

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