Enhanced photoelectrochemical performance of WO3 film with HfO2 passivation layer

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 29, 2015, Pages 8856-8863

  Liu, Yang ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Li, Wenzhang ^a   Liu, Qiong ^a   Yang, Yahui ^b   Li, Yaomin ^c   Chen, Qiyuan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HfO2; Passivation layer; Photoelectrochemical performance; WO3

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HAFNIUM OXIDES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PASSIVATION; PHOTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONCENTRATED SULFURIC ACIDS; DOCTOR BLADE METHOD; HFO2; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PASSIVATION LAYER; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84937732973     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.018     Document Type: Article

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