Morphological modification of TiO2 thin films as highly efficient photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 9088-9097

  Ibadurrohman, Muhammad ^a   Hellgardt, Klaus ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Photoanodes; Poly(ethylene glycol); Roughness; TiO2; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

MORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATION; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; SPRAY PYROLYSIS METHOD; TIO2; WATER SPLITTING;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84928952816     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00853     Document Type: Article

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