Well–Steered Charge–Carrier Transfer in 3D Branched CuxO/ZnO@Au Heterostructures for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

• Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces Vol. 7; no. 48; pp. 26819 - 26827
• Main Authors: Zhou, Gang, Xu, Xiaoyong, Ding, Tao, Feng, Bing, Bao, Zhijia, Hu, Jingguo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 09.12.2015
• Subjects: CuO/ZnO@Au; photogenerated carrier transfer; plasmonic photocatalyst; branched heterostructure; photocatalytic hydrogen production

Multi-component hetero-nanostructures exhibit multifunctional properties or synergistic performance and are thus considered as attractive materials for energy conversion applications. There is a long-standing demand to construct more sophisticated heterostructures for steering charge-carrier flow in...