Systematic comparison of different dopants in thin film hematite (α-Fe2O3) photoanodes for solar water splitting

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3091-3099

  Malviya, Kirtiman Deo ^a   Dotan, Hen ^a   Shlenkevich, Dmitry ^a   Tsyganok, Anton ^a   Mor, Hadar ^a   Rothschild, Avner ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEMATITE; MANGANESE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NICKEL; PHOTOCURRENTS; PLATINUM; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TIN; ZINC;

COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; DEPOSITION METHODS; DIFFERENT PRECURSORS; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; HEMATITE PHOTOANODE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; WATER PHOTO OXIDATIONS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84958974103     PISSN: 20507488     EISSN: 20507496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5ta07095c     Document Type: Article

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