Photophysical and photocatalytic water splitting performance of stibiotantalite type-structure compounds, SbMO 4 (M = Nb, Ta)

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 16895-16902

  Kim, Sang Hyeon ^a   Park, Sangbaek ^a   Lee, Chan Woo ^a   Han, Byung Suh ^a   Seo, Se Won ^a   Kim, Ju Seong ^a   Cho, In Sun ^a,b   Hong, Kug Sun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroelectrics; Layered crystal structure; Photocatalytic water splitting; SbNbO 4; SbTaO 4; Stibiotantalite type structure

Indexed keywords

LAYERED CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; SBNBO 4; SBTAO 4; STIBIOTANTALITE TYPE-STRUCTURE;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84867851345     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.08.123     Document Type: Article

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