Photocurrent enhancement of n-type Cu 2O electrodes achieved by controlling dendritic branching growth

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2561-2569

  McShane, Colleen M ^a   Choi, Kyoung Shin ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE BUFFERS; ACIDIC MEDIUMS; AG/AGCL; ANODIC PHOTOCURRENTS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; CRYSTAL SIZE; DENDRITIC BRANCHING; DENDRITIC CRYSTAL; DEPOSITION POTENTIAL; FACETED CRYSTALS; FACETED GROWTH; FLAT BAND; INTERFACIAL KINETIC; LATERAL DIMENSION; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; MOTT-SCHOTTKY PLOTS; NUCLEATION DENSITIES; PH DROP; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; REFERENCE ELECTRODES; SHORT-CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; SURFACE AREA; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; VISIBLE REGION; ZERO-BIAS;

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CRYSTALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PHOTOCURRENTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DENDRIMERS;

ACETIC ACID; BUFFER; COPPER OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRODE; EXTERNAL BIAS; KINETICS; PH; POTENTIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 67849106915     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja806370s     Document Type: Article

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