Sensitization of Pt/TiO2 Using Plasmonic Au Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Evolution under Visible-Light Irradiation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 36, 2017, Pages 30575-30582

  Wang, Fenglong ^a   Wong, Roong Jien ^a   Ho, Jie Hui ^a   Jiang, Yijiao ^b   Amal, Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

gold nanoparticles; hot electron transfer; photocatalytic hydrogen production; surface plasmonic resonance effect; visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HOT ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLASMONS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SOLUTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM ALLOYS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HOT ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SURFACE PLASMONIC RESONANCES; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

GOLD;

EID: 85029546388     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b06265     Document Type: Article

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