Carbon coated Cu2O nanowires for photo-electrochemical water splitting with enhanced activity
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- 作者：Weina Shi ; Xiaofan Zhang ; Shaohui Li ; Bingyan Zhang ; Mingkui Wang ; Yan Shen ; ciac_sheny@mail.hust.edu.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Photo-electrochemistry ; Water splitting ; Cu2O ; Nanowire ; Carbon layer ; Charge transfer
- 刊名：Applied Surface Science
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：15 December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：358
- 期：part_PA
- 页码：404-411
- 全文大小：2634 K
文摘
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Cu2O nanowire covered with amorphous carbon thin layer was fabrication.
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A photocurrent density of up to 2.7 mA cm−2 at 0 V (vs. RHE) was achieved.
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Carbon covered Cu2O electrode shows improved stability.
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Carbon layer can increase the charge separation and collection efficiency.