Basic concepts of photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion systems

Advances in Applied Ceramics

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 39-43

  Fiechter, S ^a   Bogdanoff, P ^a   Bak, T ^a   Nowotny, J ^a  

^a CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Oxygen evolution; Photoelectrochemistry; Transition metal oxidess; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ELECTRODES; BAND GAP REDUCTION; BASIC CONCEPTS; CO CATALYSTS; DEFECT CHEMISTRY; DIRECT CONVERSION; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; HIGH STABILITY; HYBRID PHOTOELECTRODES; MIXED OXIDE; NIOBATES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOELECTRODE; PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; SEMICONDUCTING OXIDE; SRTIO; TERNARY OXIDES; TIO; WATER OXIDATION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SPLITTING; WINDOW LAYER;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; HYBRID MATERIALS; HYDROGEN; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IRON ALLOYS; IRON OXIDES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; WATER SUPPLY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84855303733     PISSN: 17436753     EISSN: 17436761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743676111Y.0000000041     Document Type: Article

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