Synergetic Effect of Conjugated Ni(OH)2/IrO2 Cocatalyst on Titanium-Doped Hematite Photoanode for Solar Water Splitting

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 19607-19612

  Wang, Zhiliang ^a,b   Liu, Guiji ^a,b   Ding, Chunmei ^a,b   Chen, Zheng ^a,b   Zhang, Fuxiang ^a   Shi, Jingying ^a   Li, Can ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HEMATITE; NANORODS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SURFACE REACTIONS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; CHARGE TRANSFER PROPERTIES; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES; PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SOLUTION-BASED PROCESS;

IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84940553428     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04892     Document Type: Article

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