Enhanced Charge Separation and Collection in High-Performance Electrodeposited Hematite Films

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 765-771

  Zandi, Omid ^a   Schon, Abraham R ^a   Hajibabaei, Hamed ^a   Hamann, Thomas W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; COBALT; CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; FILM PREPARATION; HEMATITE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR ABSORBERS;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; HOLE DIFFUSION LENGTH; NANO-STRUCTURED ELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84957990805     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03707     Document Type: Article

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