A comparative study on photoelectrochemical activity of ZnO/TiO2 and TiO2/ZnO nanolayer systems under visible irradiation

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1972-1978

  Naseri, N ^a   Yousefi, M ^a   Moshfegh, A Z ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Band gap; Photocurrent; Surface structure; Titanium oxide; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AFM OBSERVATION; BAND GAP ENERGY; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; ITS DATA; NANO LAYERS; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; TIO; TRANSIENT TIME; VISIBLE IRRADIATION; VISIBLE RANGE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; ZNO; ZNO/TIO;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY GAP; ION EXCHANGE; IRRADIATION; OXIDE FILMS; REDOX REACTIONS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; FILM; IRRADIANCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TITANIUM; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80051589325     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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