Mapping Photoelectrochemical Current Distribution at Nanoscale Dimensions on Morphologically Controlled BiVO4

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 3702-3707

  Chakthranont, Pongkarn ^a   Seitz, Linsey C ^a   Jaramillo, Thomas F ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

bismuth vanadate; metal oxide semiconductors; photoelectrochemical water splitting

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODES; GOLD; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MORPHOLOGY; MOS DEVICES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SINTERING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

BISMUTH VANADATES; ELECTRODE MORPHOLOGY; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; NANOSCALE DIMENSIONS; NANOSCALE RESOLUTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS;

VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84941908889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01587     Document Type: Article

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