ZnO nanorod films fabricated on zinc foil for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Surface Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 507-512

  Momeni, M M ^a   Mirhoseini, S M ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Photoanode; Photoelectrochemical; Water splitting; ZnO nanorod

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; ION SOURCES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; WATER SPLITTING; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84938905871     PISSN: 02670844     EISSN: 17432944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743294414Y.0000000437     Document Type: Article

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