Water oxidation on hematite photoelectrodes: Insight into the nature of surface states through in situ spectroelectrochemistry

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 10393-10399

  Klahr, Benjamin ^a   Hamann, Thomas ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINA; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CAPACITANCE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; OXIDATION; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY;

ABSORPTION FEATURES; APPLIED POTENTIALS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALOGUES; NATURE OF SURFACE; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; SITU SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY;

HEMATITE;

EID: 84900790086     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500543z     Document Type: Article

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