title: Full solution-processed synthesis of all metal oxide-based tree-like heterostructures on fluorine-doped tin oxide for water splitting.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
authors.forename: Zongyou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yaping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Yizhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D005461:Fluorine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D017971:Tin Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D010087:Oxides; D012996:Solutions; D017971:Tin Compounds; D014867:Water; D005461:Fluorine; C045358:stannic oxide