Improved stability of polycrystalline bismuth vanadate photoanodes by use of dual-layer thin TiO2/Ni coatings

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 19618-19624

  McDowell, Matthew T ^a,b   Lichterman, Michael F ^a,b   Spurgeon, Joshua M ^a,b   Hu, Shu ^a,b   Sharp, Ian D ^d   Brunschwig, Bruce S ^c   Lewis, Nathan S ^a,b,c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; COATINGS; DEPOSITION; NICKEL; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CORROSION RESISTANCE;

BISMUTH VANADATES; CORROSION-RESISTANT; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; PROTECTION SCHEMES; SEMICONDUCTOR/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; DUAL LAYER COATINGS; WATER SPLITTING SYSTEM;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84906861085     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp506133y     Document Type: Article

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