Fabrication and Characterization of Semiconductor Photoelectrodes with Orientation-Controlled α-Fe2O3 Thin Films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2747-2752

  Mashiko, H ^a   Yoshimatsu, K ^a   Oshima, T ^a   Ohtomo, A ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVITY; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; ONSET POTENTIAL; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN; WATER OXIDATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84958093494     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10838     Document Type: Article

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