Carbon-incorporated TiO2 photoelectrodes prepared via rapid-anodic oxidation for efficient visible-light hydrogen generation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 10046-10056

  Krengvirat, Warapong ^a,c   Sreekantan, Srimala ^a   Mohd Noor, Ahmad Fauzi ^a   Negishi, Nobuaki ^b   Yul Oh, Song ^c   Kawamura, Go ^c   Muto, Hiroyuki ^c   Matsuda, Atsunori ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anodic oxidation; Hydrogen energy; Photoelectrochemical process; Titanium dioxide; Visible light response

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ENERGY GAP; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT; NANOTUBES; OXIDATION; OXIDES; PORE SIZE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; HYDROGEN ENERGY; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; INTERSTITIAL CARBONS; NANO-TUBULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSE;

ANODIC OXIDATION;

EID: 84862260119     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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