title: Surfactant-free synthesis of plasmonic tungsten oxide nanowires with visible-light-enhanced hydrogen generation from ammonia borane.
abstract: WO3-x nanowires were successfully synthesized through a simple surfactant-free solvothermal method. These nanowires exhibit strong plasmonic absorption in the visible and near-infrared region owing to the abundant oxygen vacancies. The plasmon excitation of these WO3-x nanowires provide five times enhancement on the hydrogen generation from ammonia borane.
authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.
authors: Zaizhu
authors: Z
authors: Lou
authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.
authors: Quan
authors: Q
authors: Gu
authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.
authors: Lin
authors: L
authors: Xu
authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.
authors: Yusen
authors: Y
authors: Liao
authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore. cxue@ntu.edu.sg.
authors: Can
authors: C
authors: Xue
keywords: ammonia borane; hydrogen; photocatalysis; surface plasmon resonance; tungsten oxides