Electrochemically hydrogenated TiO2 nanotubes with improved photoelectrochemical water splitting performance

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Xu, Chen ^a,b   Song, Ye ^a   Lu, Linfeng ^b   Cheng, Chuanwei ^c   Liu, Dongfang ^b   Fang, Xiaohong ^b   Chen, Xiaoyuan ^b   Zhu, Xufei ^a   Li, Dongdong ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Electrochemical reductive doping; Hydrogenation; Nanotubes; Photoelectrochemical water splitting

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; HYDROGENATION; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANODIC TITANIUM OXIDES; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGENATION; GLOBAL ILLUMINATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SURFACE OXYGEN VACANCIES;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 84887272909     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-391     Document Type: Article

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