Enhancing the Performances of P3HT:PCBM-MoS3-Based H2-Evolving Photocathodes with Interfacial Layers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 16395-16403

  Bourgeteau, Tiphaine ^a   Tondelier, Denis ^b   Geffroy, Bernard ^a,b   Brisse, Romain ^a   Cornut, Renaud ^a   Artero, Vincent ^c   Jousselme, Bruno ^a  

^a CNRS UMR 3299   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

H2 evolution reaction; molybdenum sulfide; organic photovoltaics; organic semiconductor; photocatalysis; photocathode

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); H2 EVOLUTION; HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC; MOLYBDENUM SULFIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES;

ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 84938631013     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03532     Document Type: Article

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