Photochemical deposition of cobalt-based oxygen evolving catalyst on a semiconductor photoanode for solar oxygen production

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 49, 2009, Pages 20633-20636

  Steinmiller, Ellen M P ^a   Choi, Kyoung Shin ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photocurrent; Photodeposition; Photoelectrochemical cell; Solar energy conversion; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

COBALT; OXYGEN; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ILLUMINATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 73949161018     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910203106     Document Type: Article

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