Electrospun Black Titania Nanofibers: Influence of Hydrogen Plasma-Induced Disorder on the Electronic Structure and Photoelectrochemical Performance

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 18835-18842

  Lepcha, A ^a   Maccato, C ^b   Mettenborger A ^a   Andreu, T ^c   Mayrhofer, L ^d   Walter, M ^d   Olthof, S ^a   Ruoko, T P ^a,e   Klein, A ^a   Moseler, M ^d   Meerholz, K ^a   Morante, J R ^c   Barreca, D ^b   Mathur, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOFIBERS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SURFACE DEFECTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; HYDROGEN PLASMAS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PROCESSING METHOD; TITANIA NANOFIBERS; TREATMENT TEMPERATURE;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84939825598     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02767     Document Type: Article

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