V ions implanted ZnO nanorod arrays for photoelectrochemical water splitting under visible light

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1394-1401

  Cai, Li ^a   Ren, Feng ^b   Wang, Meng ^a   Cai, Guangxu ^b   Chen, Yubin ^a   Liu, Yichao ^b   Shen, Shaohua ^a   Guo, Liejin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ion implantation; Photoanodes; V doping; Water splitting; ZnO nanorod arrays

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ION IMPLANTATION; IONS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ZINC OXIDE;

ION IMPLANTATION METHODS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; V-DOPING; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; WATER SPLITTING; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84920811539     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.11.114     Document Type: Article

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