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Au nanoparticle decorated WO<sub>3</sub> photoelectrode for enhanced photoelectrochemical properties

Fang Xu, Yanwen Yao, Dandan Bai, Ruishu Xu, Jingjing Mei, Dapeng Wu, Zhiyong Gao, Kai Jiang

RSC Advances · 2015 · 45 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

WO<sub>3</sub>–Au photoanode exhibited about 4 times enhancement of photocurrent density compared to WO<sub>3</sub> photoanode because WO<sub>3</sub>–Au possess the higher light absorption and lower transport resistance due to surface plasmonic resonance of Au nanoparticles.

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