Metal oxide photoelectrodes for hydrogen generation using solar radiation-driven water splitting

Solar Energy

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 581-592

  Aroutiounian, V M ^a   Arakelyan, V M ^a   Shahnazaryan, G E ^a  

^a YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Oxide semiconductor; Photoelectrode; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR RADIATION;

HYDROGEN GENERATION; PHOTOELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROLYSIS; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN;

SOLAR POWER;

EID: 17044404658     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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