Letter: A natural photoelectrochemical cell for water splitting: Implications for early Earth and Mars

American Mineralogist

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1804-1807

  Eggleston, Carrick M ^a   Stern, Justin R ^a   Strellis, Tess M ^a   Parkinson, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematite; Photochemistry; Pyrite; Semiconducting minerals; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION RATES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; HEMATITE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PYRITES; SURFACE WATERS;

BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; EARLY EARTH; OXIDE LAYER; OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL SOURCES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; WATER SPLITTING;

PHOTOCURRENTS;

EARTH; HEMATITE; MARS; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PYRITE; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 84867351414     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2012.4211     Document Type: Article

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