Effect of water and annealing temperature of anodized TiO2 nanotubes on hydrogen production in photoelectrochemical cell

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 313-319

  Li, Yongkun ^a,b   Yu, Hongmei ^a   Zhang, Changkun ^a,b   Song, Wei ^a   Li, Guangfu ^a,b   Shao, Zhigang ^a   Yi, Baolian ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Annealing treatment; Hydrogen production; Morphology; Photoelectrochemical cell

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ANNEALING TREATMENTS; ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ANODIZATION; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; MIXED ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; NORMAL HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84880181629     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.05.090     Document Type: Article

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