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Full Solution‐Processed Synthesis of All Metal Oxide‐Based Tree‐like Heterostructures on Fluorine‐Doped Tin Oxide for Water Splitting
Author(s) -
Yin Zongyou,
Wang Zheng,
Du Yaping,
Qi Xiaoying,
Huang Yizhong,
Xue Can,
Zhang Hua
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201201474
Subject(s) - materials science , tin oxide , heterojunction , tin , oxide , doping , fluorine , water splitting , substrate (aquarium) , nanotechnology , electrochemistry , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , optoelectronics , electrode , photocatalysis , metallurgy , catalysis , organic chemistry , chemistry , oceanography , engineering , geology
Well‐ordered tree‐like functional heterostructures , composed of the environmentally friendly oxides ZnO, TiO 2 , and CuO, on a fluorine‐doped tin oxide substrate are realized by a practical, cost‐effective, solution‐processable strategy. The heterostructures are demonstrated to be an efficient light‐harvesting medium in a photo‐electrochemical cell to split water for hydrogen‐gas generation, and the developed strategy provides a highly promising, cheap, green way to fabricate multifunctional hierarchically branched structures for many potential applications.