Recent advances in the use of metal oxide-based photocathodes for solar fuel production

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Awad, Nasser K ^a   Ashour, Elsayed A ^a   Allam, Nageh K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; FUELS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MOS DEVICES; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCATHODES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

HETEROJUNCTION CELLS; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; THREE CATEGORIES; WATER SPLITTING;

METALS;

EID: 84901036127     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4871899     Document Type: Article

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