Au@TiO 2 yolk-shell nanostructures for enhanced performance in both photoelectric and photocatalytic solar conversion

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 441, Issue , 2018, Pages 458-465

  He, Qinrong ^a   Sun, Hang ^a   Shang, Yinxing ^a   Tang, Yanan ^a   She, Ping ^a   Zeng, Shan ^a   Xu, Kongliang ^a   Lu, Guolong ^a   Liang, Song ^a   Yin, Shengyan ^a   Liu, Zhenning ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen evolution; Photocatalysis; Photocurrent generation; Titania (TiO 2 ); Yolk shell structure

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; GOLD COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR ENERGY;

HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION; SHELL NANOSTRUCTURES; TITANIA; YOLK-SHELL STRUCTURES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 85041807260     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.02.062     Document Type: Article

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