Electrochemical synthesis of cuprous oxide on highly conducting metal micro-pillar arrays for water splitting

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 677, Issue , 2016, Pages 66-71

  Yoon, Sanghwa ^a   Lim, Jae Hong ^b   Yoo, Bongyoung ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrochemical deposition; Electroless deposition; Micro pillar arrays; Three dimensional (3D) metal cuprous oxide; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROLESS PLATING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; REDUCTION;

CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; CONDUCTANCE VALUES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; MICRO PILLARS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); WATER SPLITTING;

METALS;

EID: 84962421682     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.03.183     Document Type: Article

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