Co 3O 4 nanoparticles as robust water oxidation catalysts towards remarkably enhanced photostability of a Ta 3N 5 photoanode

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3066-3074

  Liao, Maijia ^a   Feng, Jianyong ^a   Luo, Wenjun ^a   Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   Zhang, Jiyuan ^a   Li, Zhaosheng ^a   Yu, Tao ^a   Zou, Zhigang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

catalysts; nanoparticles; photoanodes; photoelectrochemical water splitting; photostability

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; BACKSIDE ILLUMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; HIGH STABILITY; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTO-STABILITY; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOCORROSION; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOELECTROLYSIS; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; SURFACE NITROGEN; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WATER OXIDATION; WATER SPLITTING; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

CATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

TANTALUM;

EID: 84863943335     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201102966     Document Type: Article

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