Irradiation-induced modifications and PEC response - A case study of SrTiO3 thin films irradiated by 120 MeV Ag9+ ions

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5236-5245

  Solanki, Anjana ^a   Shrivastava, Jaya ^a   Upadhyay, Sumant ^a   Sharma, Vidhika ^a   Sharma, Poonam ^a   Kumar, Pushpendra ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a   Gaskell, K ^b   Satsangi, Vibha R ^a   Shrivastav, Rohit ^a   Dass, Sahab ^a  

^a DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoelectrochemical cells; SrTiO3 thin films; Swift Heavy Ion (SHI); Water splitting

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GRAIN DIAMETER; BAND GAPS; COATED GLASS; FLUENCES; INDIUM DOPED TIN OXIDES; ION IRRADIATION; IRRADIATED FILMS; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SRTIO; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; SWIFT HEAVY ION (SHI); UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; WATER SPLITTING; ZERO BIAS CONDITIONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEAVY IONS; HEAVY WATER; IRRADIATION; ITO GLASS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SILVER; SPIN GLASS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79954433670     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.01.149     Document Type: Article

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