Competitive photoelectrochemical methanol and water oxidation with hematite electrodes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 7653-7660

  Klahr, Benjamin ^a   Gimenez, Sixto ^b   Zandi, Omid ^c   Fabregat Santiago, Francisco ^b   Hamann, Thomas ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; hematite; methanol oxidation; photoelectrocatalysis; solar energy; water oxidation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; HEMATITE; METHANOL; OXIDATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE STATES;

CHEMICALLY DISTINCT REACTIONS; METHANOL OXIDATION; O2 EVOLUTION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTO-ELECTROCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; WATER OXIDATION;

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

EID: 84927920314     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00440     Document Type: Article

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