Facile preparation of BiVO4 nanoparticle film by electrostatic spray pyrolysis for photoelectrochemical water splitting

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 12964-12972

  Liu, Xu ^a   Liu, Ya ^a   Su, Jinzhan ^a   Li, Mingtao ^a   Guo, Liejin ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

BiVO4; Electrostatic spray pyrolysis; Photoelectrochemical; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTATICS; METALLIC FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE FILMS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES;

BIVO4; ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; MONOCLINIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; WATER SPLITTING;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84941184278     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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