Photovoltage effects of sintered IrO2 nanoparticle catalysts in water-splitting dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 17046-17053

  Swierk, John R ^a   McCool, Nicholas S ^a   Saunders, Timothy P ^a   Barber, Greg D ^a   Strayer, Megan E ^a   Vargas Barbosa, Nella M ^a   Mallouk, Thomas E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTRODES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; NANOCRYSTALLINE PARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE CATALYSTS; PHOTO-INJECTED ELECTRONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; VECTORIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS;

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EID: 84905472463     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500589n     Document Type: Article

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