Iron-treated NiO as a highly transparent p-type protection layer for efficient Si-based photoanodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3456-3461

  Mei, Bastian ^a   Permyakova, Anastasia A ^a   Frydendal, Rasmus ^a   Bae, Dowon ^a   Pedersen, Thomas ^a   Malacrida, Paolo ^a   Hansen, Ole ^a   Stephens, Ifan E L ^a   Vesborg, Peter C K ^a   Seger, Brian ^a   Chorkendorff, Ib ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance; oxygen evolution reaction (OER); photoelectrochemical water splitting; stability; thin film

Indexed keywords

CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CORROSION RATE; CRYSTALS; ELECTROLYTES; FREE ENERGY; IRON; NICKEL OXIDE; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; QUARTZ; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES; SILICON; STABILITY;

CONTINUOUS OPERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION (OER); PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PROTECTION LAYERS; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; WATER OXIDATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84908079695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz501872k     Document Type: Article

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