Tuning the catalytic property of TiO2 nanotube arrays for water splitting

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2095-2105

  Pan, Xi ^a   Xie, Qin ^b   Chen, Wu Lin ^a   Zhuang, Gui Lin ^a   Zhong, Xing ^a   Wang, Jian Guo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Design Institute of Chemical Industry   (China)

Author keywords

Density functional theory calculation; Doping; Overpotential; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CHEMICAL BONDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); PLATINUM; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

BONDING CHARACTERISTICS; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; LINEAR RELATION; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; OVERPOTENTIAL; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; WATER SPLITTING;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84874106398     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.11.115     Document Type: Article

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