Cobalt Phosphate Group Modified Hematite Nanorod Array as Photoanode for Efficient Solar Water Splitting

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 363-369

  Fu, Li ^a,b   Yu, Hongmei ^a   Zhang, Changkun ^a,b   Shao, Zhigang ^a   Yi, Baolian ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cobalt phosphate group; Hematite nanorod arrays; Photoelectrochemical; Solar water splitting

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEMATITE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IONS;

HEMATITE NANORODS; PHOSPHATE GROUP; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT;

NANORODS;

EID: 84902463216     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.05.094     Document Type: Article

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