Electrodeposited nanostructured α-Fe2O3 photoanodes for solar water splitting: Effect of surface co-modification on photoelectrochemical performance

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Schrebler, Ricardo S ^a   Ballesteros, Luis ^a   Burgos, Ana ^a   Muoz, Eduardo C ^a   Grez, Paula ^a   Leinen, Dietmar ^b   Martn, Francisco ^b   Ramn Ramos Barrado, José ^b   Dalchiele, Enrique A ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Ingeniera   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC COBALTS; CHEMICAL NATURE; ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION; MONOCHROMATIC ILLUMINATION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; NANO-STRUCTURED; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COBALT;

EID: 80051769904     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3599059     Document Type: Article

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