Semiconductors for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical solar water splitting

From Molecules to Materials: Pathways to Artificial Photosynthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-56

  Ma, Guijun ^a   Hisatomi, Takashi ^a   Domen, Kazunari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Photocatalysis; Photoelectrochemistry; Semiconductor; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCES; HYDROGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FOSSIL ENERGY RESOURCES; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; WATER SPLITTING;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84944238892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13800-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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