Epitaxial Bi2FeCrO6 Multiferroic Thin Film as a New Visible Light Absorbing Photocathode Material

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Volumn 11, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 4018-4026

  Li, Shun ^a   Alotaibi, Bandar ^b   Huang, Wei ^a   Mi, Zetian ^b   Serpone, Nick ^c   Nechache, Riad ^a,d   Rosei, Federico ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cationic ordering; ferroelectrics; perovskites; photocathodes; pulsed laser deposition; solar water splitting

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTION BANDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HYDROGEN; IRON COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOCURRENTS; POLARIZATION; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SOLAR ENERGY; STRONTIUM TITANATES;

CATIONIC ORDERING; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; MULTIFERROIC THIN FILMS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84939568317     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201403206     Document Type: Article

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