Reactivity of CuWO4 in photoelectrochemical water oxidation is dictated by a midgap electronic state

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 24726-24732

  Pyper, Kayla J ^a   Yourey, Joseph E ^a   Bartlett, Bart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; FERMI LEVEL PINNING; MOTT-SCHOTTKY ANALYSIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; POTENTIAL RANGE; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SOLAR IRRADIATION; WATER OXIDATION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84889579569     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408434v     Document Type: Article

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