Thickness-dependent photoelectrochemical water splitting on ultrathin LaFeO3 films grown on Nb:SrTiO3

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 977-985

  May, Kevin J ^a   Fenning, David P ^a   Ming, Tian ^a   Hong, Wesley T ^a   Lee, Dongkyu ^a,c   Stoerzinger, Kelsey A ^a   Biegalski, Michael D ^c   Kolpak, Alexie M ^a   Shao Horn, Yang ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

oxide interfaces; oxygen evolution; perovskites; photoelectrochemistry; thin films; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IRON COMPOUNDS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDE FILMS; PEROVSKITE; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; STRONTIUM TITANATES; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FILM-SUBSTRATE INTERFACES; OXIDE INTERFACES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; WATER SPLITTING;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 84925277116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00169     Document Type: Article

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