Interplay of thickness and photoelectrochemical properties in nanostructured α-Fe2O3 thin films

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 212, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1501-1507

  Warwick, Michael E A ^a   Carraro, Giorgio ^a   Gasparotto, Alberto ^a   Maccato, Chiara ^a   Barreca, Davide ^a   Sada, Cinzia ^a   Bontempi, Elza ^b   Gönüllü, Yakup ^c   Mathur, Sanjay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fe2O3; photoelectrochemical water splitting; plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition; thin films

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; HEMATITE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLASMA CVD; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES;

CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; FE2O3; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (PE CVD); REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES;

PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84935429749     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201532366     Document Type: Article

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