One-step wet chemical deposition of NiO from the electrochemical reduction of nitrates in ionic liquid based electrolytes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 261-267

  Azaceta, Eneko ^a   Tuyen, Ngo Thi ^a   Pickup, David F ^b   Rogero, Celia ^b,c   Ortega, J Enrique ^b,c   Miguel, Oscar ^a   Grande, Hans Jurgen ^a   Tena Zaera, Ramon ^a  

^a Parque Tecnologico de San Sebastian   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrochemical deposition; Ionic liquid; Nickel oxide; p n junction; Pyrrolidiunium

Indexed keywords

BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHANE SULFONYL)IMIDE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; IONIC-LIQUID BASED ELECTROLYTES; P-N JUNCTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POST DEPOSITION ANNEALING; PYRROLIDIUNIUM;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DEPOSITION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NICKEL; NICKEL OXIDE; NITRATES; PHOTOELECTRONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84875148852     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.02.089     Document Type: Article

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