Computational and photoelectrochemical study of hydrogenated bismuth vanadate

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 10957-10964

  Wang, Gongming ^a   Ling, Yichuan ^a   Lu, Xihong ^a,b   Qian, Fang ^c   Tong, Yexiang ^b   Zhang, Jin Z ^a   Lordi, Vincenzo ^c   Rocha Leao, Cedric ^d   Li, Yat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FORMATION ENERGIES; HYDROGEN ATMOSPHERE; HYDROGEN IMPURITY; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES;

HYDROGENATION;

EID: 84878344853     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp401972h     Document Type: Article

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