Layered WO3/TiO2 nanostructures with enhanced photocurrent densities

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 15954-15964

  Khare, Chinmay ^a   Sliozberg, Kirill ^a   Meyer, Robert ^a   Savan, Alan ^a   Schuhmann, Wolfgang ^a   Ludwig, Alfred ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combinatorial high throughput methods; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; WO3 TiO2 photoanode

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIER TRANSFER; COMBINATORIAL APPROACH; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHOD; OBLIQUE-ANGLE DEPOSITION; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING;

FABRICATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84888001101     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.09.142     Document Type: Article

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