Enhanced photoelectrochemical water oxidation on nanostructured hematite photoanodes via p-CaFe2O4/n-Fe2O3 heterojunction formation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 5864-5871

  Ahmed, Mahmoud G ^a   Kandiel, Tarek A ^a   Ahmed, Amira Y ^a   Kretschmer, Imme ^b   Rashwan, Farouk ^a   Bahnemann, Detlef ^b,c  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; HEMATITE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ABUNDANT MATERIALS; CARRIER SEPARATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84925279929     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512804p     Document Type: Article

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