Enhancing photoelectrochemical water splitting by aluminum-doped plate-like WO3 electrodes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-63

  Li, Wenzhang ^a   Zhan, Faqi ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Liu, Canjun ^a   Yang, Yanghui ^b   Li, Yaomin ^c   Chen, Qiyuan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aluminum doped; photoelectrochemistry; Plate like tungsten oxide; water splitting

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RADIO WAVES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIN OXIDES; TIN PLATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPENDENCE SPECTROSCOPIES; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) MAGNETRON; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; WATER SPLITTING;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84922924175     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.095     Document Type: Article

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