Nanostructured Ti-Fe2O3/Cu2O heterojunction photoelectrode for efficient hydrogen production

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 574, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-131

  Sharma, Dipika ^a   Upadhyay, Sumant ^a   Verma, Anuradha ^a   Satsangi, Vibha R ^a   Shrivastav, Rohit ^a   Dass, Sahab ^a  

^a DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cuprous oxide; Heterojunction; Iron oxide; Photoelectrochemical splitting of water; Titanium doped iron oxide Spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IRON OXIDES; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION IN VISIBLE REGION; CUPROUS OXIDE; PHOTO-ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SPLITTING; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; TITANIUM DOPED; WATER SPLITTING REACTIONS;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

EID: 84921295793     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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