Electrodeposited Ti-doped hematite photoanodes and their employment for photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production in the presence of ethanol

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 295, Issue , 2016, Pages 288-294

  Kalamaras, Evangelos ^a   Dracopoulos, Vasilios ^b   Sygellou, Lamprini ^b   Lianos, Panagiotis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ethanol photocatalytic reforming; Hematite photoanodes; Photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production; Ti doped hematite by electrodeposition

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ETHANOL; HEMATITE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTO-REFORMING; PHOTOCATALYTIC REFORMING; PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC; SACRIFICIAL AGENTS; TI DOPED; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84962281802     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.03.062     Document Type: Article

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