Enhanced photoelectrochemical water-splitting effect with a bent ZnO nanorod photoanode decorated with Ag nanoparticles

• Main Authors: Wei, Yuefan, Ke, Lin, Kong, Junhua, Liu, Hong, Jiao, Zhihui, Lu, Xuehong, Du, Hejun, Sun, Xiaowei
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97530; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10642
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods coated with silver (Ag) film on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) flexible substrate were used as the photoanode for water splitting. The hybrid nanostructures were prepared via low-temperature hydrothermal growth and electron beam evaporation. The effects of plasmonic enh...