Activation energies for the rate-limiting step in water photooxidation by nanostructured α-Fe2O3 nd TiO2

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 10134-10140

  Cowan, Alexander J ^a   Barnett, Christopher J ^a   Pendlebury, Stephanie R ^a   Barroso, Monica ^a   Sivula, Kevin ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^b   Durrant, James R ^a   Klug, David R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED BIAS; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; FORWARD REACTIONS; HOLE TRANSFER; METAL OXIDES; METAL-OXIDE PHOTOCATALYSTS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATION; PHOTOHOLES; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; SURFACE-BOUND WATER; THERMAL BARRIER; TIO; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; WATER OXIDATION; WATER PHOTOOXIDATION; WATER SPLITTING;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACTIVATION ENERGY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PHOTOOXIDATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FERRIC OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79959904645     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja200800t     Document Type: Article

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