Covalent Fixation of Surface Oxygen Atoms on Hematite Photoanode for Enhanced Water Oxidation

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 564-572

  Hu, Zhuofeng ^a   Shen, Zhurui ^a,b   Yu, Jimmy C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; HEMATITE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; OXYGEN; SURFACE STATES;

COVALENT FIXATION; COVALENTLY BONDED; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEMATITE PHOTOANODE; OXYGEN DEFICIENT; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; SURFACE OXYGEN VACANCIES;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84955568763     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04058     Document Type: Article

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