Photocurrent switching effect on platelet-like BiOI electrodes: Influence of redox system, light wavelength and thermal treatment

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 190, Issue , 2016, Pages 612-619

  Kazyrevich, M E ^a   Malashchonak, M V ^a   Mazanik, A V ^a   Streltsov, E A ^a   Kulak, A I ^b   Bhattacharya, C ^c  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Belarus)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

BiOI; charge separation; layered semiconductors; photocurrent switching

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROLYTES; HEAT TREATMENT; PHOTONS; PLATELETS; REDOX REACTIONS; SWITCHING;

BIOI; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; EQUILIBRIUM POTENTIALS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCURRENT SPECTRUM; SURFACE CONCENTRATION;

PHOTOCURRENTS;

EID: 84954306382     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.12.229     Document Type: Article

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