Molecular Origin and Electrochemical Influence of Capacitive Surface States on Iron Oxide Photoanodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3250-3258

  Hu, Yelin ^a,b   Boudoire, Florent ^a,c   Hermann Geppert, Iris ^d,e   Bogdanoff, Peter ^f   Tsekouras, George ^a   Mun, Bongjin Simon ^g   Fortunato, Giuseppino ^a   Graetzel, Michael ^b   Braun, Artur ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^g Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE STATES; SURFACE TREATMENT; VACANCIES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CONCOMITANT OXIDATION; ELECTROANALYTICAL METHOD; MOLECULAR ORIGINS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; VALENCE BAND PHOTOEMISSION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84959019970     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08013     Document Type: Article

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