Role of Graphene Oxide as a Sacrificial Interlayer for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation of Hematite Nanorods

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 19996-20002

  Annamalai, Alagappan ^a   Kannan, Aravindaraj G ^b   Lee, Su Yong ^c   Kim, Dong Won ^b   Choi, Sun Hee ^c   Jang, Jum Suk ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c POSTECH   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FILMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GRAPHENE; HEMATITE; NANORODS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SINTERING; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; LATTICE IMPERFECTION; LOW-TEMPERATURE SINTERING; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; SYNCHROTRON X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SINTERING;

EID: 84940554679     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06450     Document Type: Article

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