CuO-Functionalized Silicon Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Devices

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 696-702

  Shi, Yuanyuan ^a,b   Gimbert Suriñach, Carolina ^b   Han, Tingting ^a   Berardi, Serena ^b   Lanza, Mario ^a   Llobet, Antoni ^b,c  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

copper oxide; photoanode; photoelectrochemical cell; water oxidation; water splitting

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; OXIDATION; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

HOLE-CONDUCTING LAYERS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENT; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER OXIDATION; WATER SPLITTING;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 84954442477     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09816     Document Type: Article

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