A nanocomposite photoelectrode made of 2.2 eV band gap copper tungstate (CuWO4) and multi-wall carbon nanotubes for solar-assisted water splitting

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3166-3176

  Gaillard, Nicolas ^a   Chang, Yuancheng ^a   Deangelis, Alexander ^a   Higgins, Scott ^a   Braun, Artur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bulk resistance; CuWO4; Electronic transport; Multi wall carbon nanotubes; Photoelectrochemical cell (PEC); Spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AMMONIUM METATUNGSTATE; BAND-GAP VALUES; BUFFER SOLUTIONS; BULK RESISTANCE; CONTROL SAMPLES; COPPER ACETATES; COPPER TUNGSTATE; CRACK FREE; CUWO4; EFFECTIVE ELECTRONS; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; INCOMING LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORBERS; LINEAR-SCAN VOLTAMMETRY; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTRODE; POLYCRYSTALLINE; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SATURATED CALOMEL ELECTRODE; SPRAY-DEPOSITED; TAUC PLOTS; UV-VISIBLE; WATER SPLITTING; WEIGHT RATIOS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; NANOCOMPOSITES; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84874657780     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.12.104     Document Type: Article

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