Highly photoactive Ti-doped α-Fe2O3 nanorod arrays photoanode prepared by a hydrothermal method for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 358-363

  Fu, Zewen ^a   Jiang, Tengfei ^a   Liu, Zhipeng ^a   Wang, Dejun ^a,c   Wang, Lingling ^b   Xie, Tengfeng ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jilin University   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anorod arrays; Electrochemical impedance; Photoelectrochemical water splitting

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMISTRY;

ANOROD ARRAYS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES;

NANORODS;

EID: 84897412738     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.02.132     Document Type: Article

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