Substrate-Electrode Interface Engineering by an Electron-Transport Layer in Hematite Photoanode

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 7086-7091

  Ding, Chunmei ^a   Wang, Zhiliang ^a   Shi, Jingying ^a   Yao, Tingting ^a   Li, Ailong ^a   Yan, Pengli ^a   Huang, Baokun ^a   Li, Can ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

electron transport layer; Fe2O3; hematite; interface; Li; WO3

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; EXTRACTION; HEMATITE; LITHIUM; METALS; SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SUBSTRATE ELECTRODES; WO3;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84962053022     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b12818     Document Type: Article

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