Core-shell hematite nanorods: A simple method to improve the charge transfer in the photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6852-6859

  Gurudayal, ^a   Chee, Png Mei ^a   Boix, Pablo P ^b   Ge, Hu ^a   Yanan, Fang ^a   Barber, James ^a,c,d   Wong, Lydia Helena ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; hematite core shell nanorods; hole scavenger; incident photon to current conversion efficiency (IPCE); Mott Schottky; photoelectrochemical water splitting; UV vis absorption spectra

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; HEMATITE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANORODS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SURFACE STATES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WATER ABSORPTION;

CORE SHELL; HOLE SCAVENGER; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; MOTT-SCHOTTKY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84926343793     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00417     Document Type: Article

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