Spray pyrolysis deposition and photoelectrochemical properties of n-type BiOI nanoplatelet thin films

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 7712-7722

  Hahn, Nathan T ^a   Hoang, Son ^a   Self, Jeffrey L ^a   Mullins, C Buddie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

layered semiconductor; solar energy; visible light photocatalyst; water splitting

Indexed keywords

AG/AGCL; ANION VACANCY; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; HYDROXIDE LAYERS; IMPURITY LEVEL; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; N-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY; NANOPLATELET; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTON CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR LIGHT; SPRAY PYROLYSIS DEPOSITION; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE RANGE; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT-ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYST; WATER SPLITTING;

ACETONITRILE; BISMUTH; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IODINE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

LIGHT;

BISMUTH; BISMUTH IODIDE; BISMUTH OXIDE; IODIDE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAS; HEAT; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BISMUTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; IODIDES; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84866637178     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3031063     Document Type: Article

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