Modification of hematite electronic properties with trimethyl aluminum to enhance the efficiency of photoelectrodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3582-3587

  Tallarida, Massimo ^a   Das, Chittaranjan ^a   Cibrev, Dejan ^b   Kukli, Kaupo ^c,d   Tamm, Aile ^d   Ritala, Mikko ^c   Lana Villarreal, Teresa ^b   Gómez, Roberto ^b   Leskelä, Markku ^c   Schmeisser, Dieter ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

ALD; charge carrier transport; hybridization; photoemission; polaron; resonant photoemission; water splitting; XAS

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRODES; HEMATITE; PHOTOEMISSION; POLARONS; SUBSTRATES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRODE MODIFICATION; HYBRIDIZATION; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC; RESONANT PHOTOEMISSION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION PHOTOEMISSION; TRIMETHYL ALUMINUMS; WATER SPLITTING;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84908077677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz501751w     Document Type: Article

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