Structural and photoelectrochemical investigation of boron-modified nanostructured tungsten trioxide films

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 282-288

  Barczuk, Piotr J ^a   Krolikowska, Agata ^b   Lewera, Adam ^b   Miecznikowski, Krzysztof ^b   Solarska, Renata ^b,c   Augustynski, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

Author keywords

Boron doping; Photoanode; Photoelectrochemistry; Tungsten trioxide; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BORON; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; TUNGSTEN;

BORON-DOPING; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE; WATER SPLITTING;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84878134950     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.04.107     Document Type: Article

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