Unraveling the carrier dynamics of BiVO4: A femtosecond to microsecond transient absorption study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 27793-27800

  Ravensbergen, Janneke ^a   Abdi, Fatwa F ^b   Van Santen, Judith H ^a   Frese, Raoul N ^a   Dam, Bernard ^c   Van De Krol, Roel ^b   Kennis, John T M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DYNAMICS; ELECTROLYTES; HOLE TRAPS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOPHYSICS; SAPPHIRE; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATER ABSORPTION;

CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL STABILITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS METHOD; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84915750918     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp509930s     Document Type: Article

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