Nanostructural characterization of mesoporous hematite thin film photoanode used for water splitting

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-54

  Goncalves, Ricardo H ^a   Leite, Edson R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Nanostructure; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ENERGY STORAGE; FILM GROWTH; FLUORINE; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SINTERING; THIN FILMS; TIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COLLOIDAL DEPOSITION; HIGH SINTERING TEMPERATURES; INCOHERENT INTERFACES; INTERDIFFUSION LAYER; NANOSCALE MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNINTENTIONAL DOPING; MESOPOROUS; NANOSTRUCTURAL; PHOTO-ANODES; WATER SPLITTING;

HEMATITE; ENERGY STORAGE;

EID: 84896478428     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.249     Document Type: Article

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