Nearly Total Solar Absorption in Ultrathin Nanostructured Iron Oxide for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-240

  Wang, Ken Xingze ^a   Yu, Zongfu ^b   Liu, Victor ^b   Brongersma, Mark L ^b   Jaramillo, Thomas F ^b   Fan, Shanhui ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

antireflection; hematite; light trapping; nanocone; photoelectrochemical cells; photon management

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; HEMATITE; IRON; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONS; ULTRATHIN FILMS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ANTI-REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; HOLE DIFFUSION LENGTH; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANOCONE; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTON MANAGEMENT;

IRON OXIDES;

EID: 84908703592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph4001026     Document Type: Article

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