Correlation between Deposition Parameters and Hydrogen Production in CuO Nanostructured Thin Films

Langmuir

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1510-1520

  Artioli, Gianluca A ^a   Mancini, Alessandro ^a   Barbieri, Victoria Raissa ^a   Quattrini, Matteo C ^a   Quartarone, Eliana ^a   Mozzati, Maria Cristina ^a   Drera, Giovanni ^b   Sangaletti, Luigi ^b   Gombac, Valentina ^c   Fornasiero, Paolo ^c   Malavasi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOSITION; FILM PREPARATION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NANORODS; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; LOW SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84958818451     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03917     Document Type: Article

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