Thermal oxidation preparation of doped hematite thin films for photoelectrochemical water splitting

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Song ^a   Cai, Jiajia ^a   Mei, Yudong ^a   Ren, Yuping ^a   Qin, Gaowu ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILM PREPARATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMOOXIDATION; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; HAEMATITE; MAGNETRON-SPUTTERING; NANO-FLAKES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; SEM OBSERVATION; THERMAL-OXIDATION; THIN-FILMS;

HEMATITE;

EID: 84896449824     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/794370     Document Type: Article

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