Photoresponse and H2 production of topographically controlled PEG assisted Sol-gel WO3 nanocrystalline thin films

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 13461-13472

  Naseri, N ^a   Yousefzadeh, S ^a   Daryaei, E ^a   Moshfegh, A Z ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

PEG; Photocurrent density; Sol gel; WO3 thin film

Indexed keywords

AFM OBSERVATION; BAND GAP ENERGY; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; DISPERSING AGENT; LIFE-TIMES; NANOCRYSTALLINE FILMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTORESPONSES; STATISTICAL MODELING; SURFACE BEHAVIOR; THICKNESS OF THE FILM; WATER SPLITTING REACTIONS; WEIGHT RATIOS; XPS ANALYSIS; XRD;

CHARGE TRANSFER; GELS; GLYCOLS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS; TUNGSTEN;

SOLS;

EID: 83055181328     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.07.129     Document Type: Article

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