Ti-doped hematite nanostructures for solar water splitting with high efficiency

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Deng, Jiujun ^a   Zhong, Jun ^a   Pu, Aiwu ^a   Zhang, Duo ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Sun, Xuhui ^a   Lee, Shuit Tong ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONOR DENSITY; EFFECTIVE SURFACE AREA; FEATURE SIZES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; NAOH ELECTROLYTE; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PLATEAU CURRENT; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; TI DOPING; TI PRECURSOR; URCHIN-LIKE;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HEMATITE; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRONS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84868383837     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4759278     Document Type: Article

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