Improvement in the structural, optical, electronic and photoelectrochemical properties of hydrogen treated bismuth vanadate thin films

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4311-4319

  Singh, Aadesh P ^a   Kodan, Nisha ^a   Dey, Avishek ^b   Krishnamurthy, Satheesh ^b   Mehta, Bodh R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bismuth vanadate; Hydrogen treatment; Photoelectrochemical; rf sputtering

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; BISMUTH METALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BISMUTH VANADATES; HYDROGEN TREATMENTS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION STUDIES; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; RF-SPUTTERING; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES;

VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84924204187     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.01.085     Document Type: Article

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