Photocurrent conversion in anodized TiO2 nanotube arrays: Effect of the water content in anodizing solutions

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 6979-6989

  Tsui, Lok Kun ^a   Homma, Takayuki ^b   Zangari, Giovanni ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTROLYTE CHEMISTRY; HIGH SURFACE AREA; NANOTUBE MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCURRENT EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

ANODIC OXIDATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84876207016     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400318n     Document Type: Article

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