Photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution from water using copper gallium selenide electrodes prepared by a particle transfer method

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16386-16392

  Kumagai, Hiromu ^a   Minegishi, Tsutomu ^a   Moriya, Yosuke ^a   Kubota, Jun ^a   Domen, Kazunari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; GALLIUM; HYDROGEN; PHOTOCATHODES; POWDERS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLID STATE REACTIONS;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; CATHODIC PHOTOCURRENT; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84905446316     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp409921f     Document Type: Article

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