Phosphonic acid modification of GaInP2 photocathodes toward unbiased photoelectrochemical water splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 11346-11350

  Macleod, Bradley A ^a   Steirer, K Xerxes ^a   Young, James L ^a,b   Koldemir, Unsal ^c   Sellinger, Alan ^c   Turner, John A ^a   Deutsch, Todd G ^a   Olson, Dana C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

gallium indium phosphide; phosphonic acid; photoelectrochemical cell; renewable energy; water splitting

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HYDROGEN FUELS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS;

ELECTRODE SURFACES; GALLIUM INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; P TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SEMICONDUCTOR/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; WATER SPLITTING;

INDIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84930617452     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01814     Document Type: Article

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