Nanostructure-Preserved Hematite Thin Film for Efficient Solar Water Splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 14123-14129

  Kim, Jae Young ^a   Youn, Duck Hyun ^a   Kim, Ju Hun ^b   Kim, Hyun Gyu ^c   Lee, Jae Sung ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

crystallinity; hematite; hybrid microwave annealing; nanostructures; solar water splitting

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROWAVE HEATING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE FILMS; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLINITIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; MICROWAVE ANNEALING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; THERMAL ANNEALING PROCESS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE;

HEMATITE;

EID: 84934311741     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03409     Document Type: Article

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