Water reduction by a p-GaInP2 photoelectrode stabilized by an amorphous TiO2 coating and a molecular cobalt catalyst

Nature Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 456-460

  Gu, Jing ^a   Yan, Yong ^a   Young, James L ^a,b   Steirer, K Xerxes ^a   Neale, Nathan R ^a   Turner, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; PHOTOCATHODES; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITED; BASIC SOLUTIONS; COBALT CATALYST; MODIFIED INTERFACES; MOLECULAR CATALYSTS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; TURNOVER FREQUENCY; WATER REDUCTION;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84951310560     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4511     Document Type: Article

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