N-Fe2O3 to N+-TiO2 Heterojunction Photoanode for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 13314-13321

  Yang, Jih Sheng ^a   Lin, Wan Hsien ^a   Lin, Chia Yu ^a   Wang, Bo Sheng ^a   Wu, Jih Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

charge separation; hematite; heterojunction; photoelectrochemical water oxidation; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; HEMATITE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICES; SEPARATION; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; IMPROVEMENT OF CHARGE SEPARATION; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SPACE CHARGE REGIONS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84932614049     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01489     Document Type: Article

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