Stability of WO3/CuO heterojunction photoelectrodes in PEC system

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 756, Issue , 2013, Pages 219-224

  Hang, Ng Kim ^a   Kadir, Hasmida Abdul ^a   Minggu, Lorna Jeffery ^a   Kassim, Mohammad Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electrodeposition; PEC stability; Photoelectrochemical cell; Semiconductor photoelectrodes

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LACTIC ACID; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACIDIC AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ELECTRODEPOSITION METHODS; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PLATINUM COUNTER ELECTRODES; REFERENCE ELECTRODES; SATURATED CALOMEL ELECTRODE; SULPHATE SOLUTIONS;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84878497269     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.756.219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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