Ultrathin hematite film for photoelectrochemical water splitting enhanced with reducing graphene oxide

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 6763-6770

  Wu, Quanping ^a,b   Zhao, Jun ^a   Liu, Kan ^b   Wang, Hongyan ^b   Sun, Zhe ^b   Li, Ping ^b   Xue, Song ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene; Hematite film; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Visible light

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GRAPHENE; HEMATITE; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

CO CATALYSTS; DEPOSITION CYCLES; HOLE COLLECTOR; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PROMOTING EFFECT; SOLVOTHERMAL REACTIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84928923456     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.03.160     Document Type: Article

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