Application of atmospheric-pressure plasma for enhancing photoelectrochemical properties of TiO2 electrodes

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sharma, R ^a   Bock, J ^a   Biris, A S ^a   Mazumder, M K ^a   Das, P P ^b   Misra, M ^b   Mahajan, V ^b  

^a University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doping; Hydrogen generation; Photoelectrochemical; Plasma treatment; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; APPLICATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GAS ADSORPTION; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INERT GASES; ION EXCHANGE; OXIDES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TREATMENT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ABSORBANCE; BANDGAP REDUCTIONS; BULK ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DIFFUSED REFLECTANCES; DOPING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANODIZATION; HELIUM PLASMAS; HYDROGEN GENERATION; NANOSTRUCTURE SYNTHESES; NANOTUBULAR; OPTICAL-; PHOTO ACTIVITIES; PHOTO ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA TREATMENT; SURFACE AREAS; SURFACE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; SURFACE ENGINEERINGS; SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS; THIN FOILS; TITANIA; ULTRA VIOLETS; VISIBLE LIGHTS; VISIBLE REGIONS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 57949110792     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/08IAS.2008.113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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