Growth and characterization of thin manganese oxide corrosion barrier layers for silicon photoanode protection during water oxidation

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-69

  O'Connor, Robert ^a   Bogan, Justin ^a   Fleck, Nicole ^a   McCoy, Anthony ^a   Walsh, Lee A ^a   Byrne, Conor ^a   Casey, Patrick ^b   Hughes, Greg ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Manganese oxide; Photoelectrochemical cell; Water oxidation; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CORROSION PROTECTION; MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY; MANGANESE OXIDE; OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; RADIATION PROTECTION; SILICON OXIDES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CORROSION BARRIERS; EFFICIENT OXIDATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FREQUENCY RADIATION; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; WATER OXIDATION; WATER SPLITTING;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84921358968     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.12.028     Document Type: Article

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