Significant reduction in NiO band gap upon formation of Lix Ni1-xO alloys: Applications to solar energy conversion

ChemSusChem

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 195-201

  Alidoust, Nima ^a   Toroker, Maytal Caspary ^a,c   Keith, John A ^a,d   Carter, Emily A ^a,b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Band gap engineering; Dye sensitized solar cells; Energy conversion; Photocatalysis; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; CALCULATIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LITHIUM; NICKEL; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; P TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAICS;

NICKEL OXIDE;

ALLOY; LITHIUM; NICKEL; NICKEL MONOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BAND GAP ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAICS;

ALLOYS; LITHIUM; NICKEL; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84893876032     PISSN: 18645631     EISSN: 1864564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201300595     Document Type: Article

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