Fast fabrication of Ta2O5 nanotube arrays and their conversion to Ta3N5for efficient solar driven water splitting

Electrochemistry Communications

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-19

  Su, Zixue ^a   Grigorescu, Sabina ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Lee, Kiyoung ^a   Schmuki, Patrik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Ta2o5 nanotubes; Ta3n5 nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TANTALUM OXIDES;

GALVANOSTATICS; LONG NANOTUBE; MECHANICALLY STABLE; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; WATER SPLITTING;

YARN;

EID: 84919637453     PISSN: 13882481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2014.10.017     Document Type: Article

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