Surface modification of hematite photoanode films with rhodium

Rare Metals

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 38-41

  Zhang, Minglong ^a,b   Luo, Wenjun ^a   Li, Zhaosheng ^a   Yu, Tao ^a   Zou, Zhigang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XUZHOU AIR FORCE COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Hematite; Hydrogen; Photoelectrochemistry; Solar energy storage

Indexed keywords

AG/AGCL; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CO-DOPED; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; ONSET POTENTIAL; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEMATITE; HYDROGEN; RHODIUM; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SOLAR ENERGY;

IRON ORES;

EID: 84862951440     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: 18677185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12598-011-0233-5     Document Type: Article

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