Combining mesoporosity and Ti-doping in hematite films for water splitting

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1642-1650

  Toussaint, Caroline ^a   Tran, Hoang Long Le ^a   Colson, Pierre ^a   Dewalque, Jennifer ^a   Vertruyen, Bénédicte ^a   Gilbert, Bernard ^a   Nguyen, Ngoc Duy ^a   Cloots, Rudi ^a   Henrist, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTES; HEMATITE; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SCAFFOLDS;

BACK ILLUMINATION; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CRYSTALLITE GROWTH; DOPANT ACTIVATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MESOPOROUS FILMS; PHOTOELECTROLYSIS; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 84949117844     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5091476     Document Type: Article

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