Facile and simple fabrication of an efficient nanoporous WO3 photoanode for visible-light-driven water splitting

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 20736-20743

  Zhang, Xiaohong ^a,b   Chandra, Debraj ^a   Kajita, Masashi ^a   Takahashi, Hidehito ^a   Dong, Li ^a   Shoji, Akinori ^a   Saito, Kenji ^a   Yui, Tatsuto ^a   Yagi, Masayuki ^a,c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b QIQIHAR UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nanoporous structure; Photoelectrocatalysis; Tungsten trioxide; Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; LIGHT; OXIDATION;

INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; NANOPOROUS MORPHOLOGIES; NANOPOROUS STRUCTURES; PHOTO-ELECTROCATALYSIS; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER OXIDATION;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84916932888     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.06.062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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