Photoelectrochemical properties of texture-controlled nanostructured α-Fe2O3 thin films prepared by AACVD

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 976-981

  Tahir, Asif Ali ^a   Mat Teridi, M A ^b   Wijayantha, K G Upul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition; Fe2O3; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Thin films

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; HEMATITE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES;

AEROSOL-ASSISTED CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITIONS; CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERIZATION; DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; FE2O3; NANOPOROUS STRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84916944040     PISSN: 18626254     EISSN: 18626270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201409049     Document Type: Article

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