Evaluation of atmospheric-pressure plasma for improving photoelectrochemical response of titania photoanodes

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1524-1529

  Sharma, Rajesh ^a   Bock, Jacob Paul ^b   Biris, Alexandru S ^b   Mazumder, Malay K ^c   Das, Prajna P ^d,e   Misra, Manoranjan ^d   Mahajan, Vishal K ^d,f  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e ArrMaz Custom Chemicals   (United States)

^f Superlattice Power Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Doping; Hydrogen generation; Photoelectrochemical; Plasma treatment; Titanium dioxide (TiO2).

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BAND GAP REDUCTION; BULK ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DIFFUSED REFLECTANCE; DOPING; DR-UV-VIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANODIZATIONS; HELIUM PLASMAS; HYDROGEN GENERATION; NANOSTRUCTURE SYNTHESIS; NANOTUBULAR; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PLASMA TREATMENT; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; SURFACE ENGINEERING; SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS; THIN FOIL; TIO; TITANIAS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE REGION;

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

PLASMAS;

EID: 68249141259     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2009.2023557     Document Type: Article

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