Columnar Fe2O3 arrays via plasma-enhanced growth: Interplay of fluorine substitution and photoelectrochemical properties

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 14189-14199

  Barreca, Davide ^a   Carraro, Giorgio ^a   Gasparotto, Alberto ^a   Maccato, Chiara ^a   Sada, Cinzia ^a   Singh, Aadesh P ^b   Mathur, Sanjay ^b   Mettenbörger, Andreas ^b   Bontempi, Elza ^c   Depero, Laura E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorine doping; Iron oxide; Photoelectrochemistry; Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition; Solar hydrogen production

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HEMATITE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMA CVD; SODIUM SULFATE; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIN OXIDES;

DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; FLUORINE DOPING; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (PE CVD); SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS;

PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84886090017     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.08.119     Document Type: Article

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