Band gap engineering of SrTiO3 for water splitting under visible light irradiation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 12507-12514

  Wang, Chengduo ^a   Qiu, Hai ^a   Inoue, Tadanobu ^a   Yao, Qiwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity; Band structure; Doping; First principles

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CALCULATIONS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; MOLYBDENUM; REDOX REACTIONS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; DEFECT FORMATION ENERGIES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FIRST PRINCIPLES; HIGH ACTIVITY; REDOX POTENTIALS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER SPLITTING;

TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84905640749     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.06.059     Document Type: Article

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