Crystalline TiO2: A Generic and Effective Electron-Conducting Protection Layer for Photoanodes and -cathodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 15019-15027

  Mei, Bastian ^a   Pedersen, Thomas ^a   Malacrida, Paolo ^a   Bae, Dowon ^a   Frydendal, Rasmus ^a   Hansen, Ole ^a   Vesborg, Peter C K ^a   Seger, Brian ^a   Chorkendorff, Ib ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; IRON COMPOUNDS; OHMIC CONTACTS; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; EFFECTIVE ELECTRONS; N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS; OHMIC BEHAVIOR; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PROTECTION LAYERS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING;

MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84936888359     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04407     Document Type: Article

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