Influence of electrolyte composition on the formation of mixed oxide nanotube arrays for solar fuel production

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 280, Issue , 2015, Pages 339-346

  Deyab, Nourhan M ^a,b   Steegstra, Patrick ^a   Hubin, Annick ^a   Delplancke, Marie Paule ^c   Rahier, Hubert ^a   Allam, Nageh K ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Mixed oxide; Nanotube; Photoanode; Solar; Ti Mo Ni

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NANOTUBES; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL OXIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TERNARY ALLOYS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ANODIZATION; ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS; MIXED OXIDE; MIXED-OXIDE NANOTUBES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTON CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR;

MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84921693764     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.01.108     Document Type: Article

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