Efficient photoelectrochemical splitting of water to H2 and O2 at nanocrystalline carbon modified (CM)-n-TiO2 and (CM)-n-Fe2O3 thin films

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-98

  Shaban, Yasser A ^a,b   Khan, Shahed U M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon modified; Iron oxide; Solar hydrogen production; Titanium oxide; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ARC LAMPS; EFFICIENCY; HEMATITE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRON OXIDES; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE FILMS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; XENON;

CARBON MODIFIED; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; NANOCRYSTALLINE CARBON; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SPLITTING; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; WATER SPLITTING; WHITE-LIGHT ILLUMINATION;

CARBON FILMS;

EID: 72049092398     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2010.029549     Document Type: Article

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