Photoelectrochemical properties of porous silicon based novel photoelectrodes

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-274

  Betty, C A ^a   Sasikala, R ^a   Jayakumar, O D ^a   Sakuntala, T ^a   Tyagi, A K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

nanoparticle; photocatalyst; photoelectrode; porous silicon; titanium oxynitride

Indexed keywords

NITRIDED; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYNITRIDES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTRODE; SILICON INTERFACE; SILICON MICROCHANNELS; TIO; TITANIUM OXYNITRIDE; WATER-METHANOL MIXTURES;

METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; NITRIDES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TITANIUM;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 79953659478     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1017     Document Type: Article

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