Efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting over anodized p-type NiO porous films

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 18558-18568

  Hu, Chenyan ^a   Chu, Kenneth ^a   Zhao, Yihua ^a   Teoh, Wey Yang ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

anodization; holes transport; hydrogen; nickel oxide; water splitting

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; ETCHING; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; OXIDE FILMS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ANODIZATIONS; HOLES TRANSPORT; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS FACTORS; WATER SPLITTING;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 84910140322     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507138b     Document Type: Article

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