Improved photoelectrochemical water oxidation using wurtzite ZnO semiconductors synthesized through simple chemical bath reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 141, Issue , 2014, Pages 294-301

  Mandal, Harahari ^a   Shyamal, Sanjib ^a   Hajra, Paramita ^a   Samanta, Biswanath ^a   Fageria, Pragati ^b   Pande, Surojit ^b   Bhattacharya, Chinmoy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical bath preparation; Drop cast technique; Electrochemical properties; Electron microscopy; Photoelectrochemical water oxidation; Wurtzite Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DROPS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PHOTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL BATH; DROP-CAST; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILMS; UV VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; WURTZITES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84906092912     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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