Extremely stable bare hematite photoanode for solar water splitting

Nano Energy

Volumn 23, Issue , 2016, Pages 70-79

  Dias, Paula ^a   Vilanova, António ^a   Lopes, Tânia ^a   Andrade, Luísa ^a   Mendes, Adélio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Hematite photoanodes; Long term stability; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Spray pyrolysis; Thin films

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FILM PREPARATION; FUEL ECONOMY; HEMATITE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PYROLYSIS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

HEMATITE PHOTOANODE; LONG TERM STABILITY; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84961259083     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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