Energetics at the Surface of Photoelectrodes and Its Influence on the Photoelectrochemical Properties

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 4083-4088

  Thorne, James E ^a   Li, Song ^a,b   Du, Chun ^a   Qin, Gaowu ^b   Wang, Dunwei ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; HEMATITE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORBING MATERIALS; AMORPHOUS SI; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTRODE; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84944412982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01372     Document Type: Article

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