Controlled fabrication of Sn/TiO2 nanorods for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Bo ^a   Shi, Tielin ^a   Peng, Zhengchun ^b   Sheng, Wenjun ^a   Jiang, Ting ^a   Liao, Guanglan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Sn doping

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FABRICATION; MOLAR CONCENTRATION; MOLAR RATIO; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; TIN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY; MOTT-SCHOTTKY PLOTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; RUTILE STRUCTURE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SN DOPING; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84887279395     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-462     Document Type: Article

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