Piezotronic-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Reactions in Ni(OH)2-Decorated ZnO Photoanodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 3410-3416

  Li, Hongxia ^a,b   Yu, Yanhao ^a   Starr, Matthew B ^a   Li, Zhaodong ^a   Wang, Xudong ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

band engineering; nickel hydroxide; oxygen evolution reaction; piezoelectric polarization; water splitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; ZINC OXIDE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NICKEL;

BAND ENGINEERING; NICKEL HYDROXIDES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PIEZOELECTRIC POLARIZATIONS; WATER SPLITTING; BUILT-IN ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTERFACE ELECTRONICS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84940930075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01598     Document Type: Article

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