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Chemical Communications

Ag–Si artificial microflowers for plasmon-enhanced solar water splitting†

Chih-Jung Chen,a   Ming-Guei Chen,b   Chih Kai Chen,a   Pin Chieh Wu,cd   Po-Tzu Chen,b   Mrinmoyee Basu,a   Shu-Fen Hu,*b   Din Ping Tsaicd  and  Ru-Shi Liu*ae  

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a Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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b Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 116, Taiwan
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c Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan

d Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan

e Department of Mechanical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Manufacturing Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan

Abstract

We prepared Ag–Si microflowers as the photocathode for water splitting through a facile chemical method. The photocurrent and the hydrogen evolution rate of partially Ag particle decorated-Si microwires were enhanced through the synergistic effects of Ag co-catalytic and plasmonic assistance.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC07935C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Oct 2014
Accepted
03 Nov 2014
First published
03 Nov 2014

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 549-552

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Ag–Si artificial microflowers for plasmon-enhanced solar water splitting

C. Chen, M. Chen, C. K. Chen, P. C. Wu, P. Chen, M. Basu, S. Hu, D. P. Tsai and R. Liu, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 549 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07935C

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