Thin-Film Materials for the Protection of Semiconducting Photoelectrodes in Solar-Fuel Generators

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 24201-24228

  Hu, Shu ^a,b   Lewis, Nathan S ^a,b,c   Ager, Joel W ^d   Yang, Jinhui ^d   McKone, James R ^e   Strandwitz, Nicholas C ^f  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; ELECTROCHEMICAL INSTABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION; PROTECTION STRATEGY; THIN FILM MATERIAL; WATER SPLITTING SYSTEM;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84946105911     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05976     Document Type: Review

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