Enhanced photoelectrocatalytic water splitting at hierarchical Gd3+:TiO2 nanostructures through amplifying light reception and surface states passivation

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2015, Pages H108-H114

  Sudhagar, P ^a   Devadoss, Anitha ^a   Nakata, K ^a,b   Terashima, C ^a,b   Fujishima, A ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN; INTERFACE STATES; IONS; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PASSIVATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; RARE EARTHS; SURFACE STATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTRON COLLECTION; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84923324575     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: 19457111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/2.0161503jes     Document Type: Article

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