Efficient and Stable Photoelectrochemical Seawater Splitting with TiO2@g-C3N4 Nanorod Arrays Decorated by Co-Pi

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 20283-20292

  Li, Yuangang ^a   Wang, Rongrong ^a   Li, Huajing ^a   Wei, Xiaoliang ^a   Feng, Juan ^a   Liu, Kaiqiang ^b   Dang, Yongqiang ^a   Zhou, Anning ^a  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; METABOLISM; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEAWATER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UREA;

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84940876085     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05427     Document Type: Article

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