Effect of thickness in hematite films produced by spray pyrolysis towards water photo-oxidation in neutral media

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 5831-5836

  Marino Otero T ^a,b   Oliver Tolentino, M A ^a   Aguilar Frutis, M A ^a   Contreras Martinez G ^a   Perez Cappe E ^a,b   Reguera, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Hematite film for water splitting; Hematite thin film; Hematite thin film prepared by spray pyrolysis; Photoinduced water splitting; Water splitting using hematite films

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; HEMATITE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MOS DEVICES; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; TRANSITION METAL OXIDES; TRANSITION METALS;

CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATES; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DATA; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; SPRAY PYROLYSIS METHOD; WATER PHOTO OXIDATIONS; WATER SPLITTING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84926409115     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.03.017     Document Type: Article

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