Epitaxial p-type SiC as a self-driven photocathode for water splitting

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4845-4849

  Kato, Masashi ^a   Yasuda, Tomonari ^a   Miyake, Keiko ^a   Ichimura, Masaya ^a   Hatayama, Tomoaki ^b  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conversion efficiency; Photochathode; SiC; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; EPITAXIALLY GROWN; PHOTOCHATHODE; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS; THREE ELECTRODE-SYSTEM; TWO-ELECTRODE SYSTEMS; WATER SPLITTING;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84897928863     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.01.049     Document Type: Article

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