The origin of slow carrier transport in BiVO4 thin film photoanodes: A time-resolved microwave conductivity study

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2752-2757

  Abdi, Fatwa F ^a   Savenije, Tom J ^a   May, Matthias M ^b   Dam, Bernard ^a   Van De Krol, Roel ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

bismuth vanadate; carrier mobility; photoanode; solar water splitting; time resolved microwave conductivity

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH VANADATES; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECKS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; TIME-RESOLVED MICROWAVE CONDUCTIVITIES;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARRIER MOBILITY;

EID: 84882297318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4013257     Document Type: Article

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