Enhancing photoelectrochemical activity of nanocrystalline WO 3 electrodes by surface tuning with Fe(III)

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 16810-16816

  Han, Song ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Chen, Xiang ^a   Huang, Ye ^a   Liu, Canjun ^a   Yang, Yahui ^a   Li, Wenzhang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fe(III) modified; Photoelectrochemical; Tungsten oxide; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

AG/AGCL; DOCTOR BLADE METHOD; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; LIGHT RESPONSE; MOTT-SCHOTTKY; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; UV-VIS SPECTROMETRY; WATER SPLITTING; XE LAMP; XRD;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SODIUM; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84867863791     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.08.145     Document Type: Article

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