Metal oxide photoanodes for water splitting

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 303, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-38

  Augustynski J ^a   Alexander, B D ^b   Solarska, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Iron oxide; Mixed metal oxides; Titanium dioxide; Visible light activation

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; NANOTUBE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ELECTRODES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTORS; TITANIUM; WATER;

EID: 80054778836     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2011_135     Document Type: Article

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