Photoelectrochemical properties of doped lanthanum orthoferrites

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 710-715

  Sora, Isabella Natali ^a   Fontana, Francesca ^a   Passalacqua, Rosalba ^b   Ampelli, Claudio ^b   Perathoner, Siglinda ^b   Centi, Gabriele ^b   Parrino, Francesco ^c   Palmisano, Leonardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ferrites; Photocatalysts; Photocurrent response; Quasi Fermi level

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; FERMI LEVEL; FERRITE; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POWDERS;

AUTO-COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; QUASI-FERMI LEVEL; REFERENCE ELECTRODES;

CALCINATION;

EID: 84884518006     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.132     Document Type: Article

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