Mn-doped GaN as photoelectrodes for the photoelectrolysis of water under visible light

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Shu Yen ^a   Sheu, J K ^a   Lin, Yu Chuan ^a   Tu, S J ^a   Huang, F W ^a   Lee, M L ^b   Lai, W C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT; MANGANESE; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; MN-DOPED GAN; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOELECTROLYSIS; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRUM; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WATER SPLITTING REACTIONS;

GALLIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 84866252938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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