Photosplitting of water from wide-gap Cu(in,ga)S2 thin films modified with a CdS layer and pt nanoparticles for a high-onset-potential photocathode

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 8576-8583

  Septina, Wilman ^a   Gunawan, ^a   Ikeda, Shigeru ^a   Harada, Takashi ^a   Higashi, Masanobu ^b   Abe, Ryu ^b   Matsumura, Michio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; GALLIUM; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SODIUM SULFATE; SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

HETERO INTERFACES; ONSET POTENTIAL; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOSPLITTING; PT NANOPARTICLES; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; WATER REDUCTION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84928523364     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02068     Document Type: Article

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