Water splitting and the band edge positions of TiO2

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 199, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-34

  Deák, Peter ^a   Kullgren, Jolla ^b   Aradi, Bálint ^a   Frauenheim, Thomas ^a   Kavan, Ladislaw ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

anatase; band alignment; rutile; water splitting; work function

Indexed keywords

OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; REDOX REACTIONS; WORK FUNCTION;

BAND ALIGNMENTS; BAND EDGE POSITION; HYBRID FUNCTIONAL; HYDROXYLATED SURFACES; PRESENCE OF WATER; RUTILE; WATER SPLITTING; WORK FUNCTION MEASUREMENTS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84962271879     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.03.122     Document Type: Article

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