Tin oxide as stable protective layer for composite cuprous oxide water-splitting photocathodes

Nano Energy

Volumn 24, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-16

  Azevedo, João ^a   Tilley, S David ^b,d   Schreier, Marcel ^b   Stefik, Morgan ^c   Sousa, Célia ^a   Araújo, João Pedro ^a   Mendes, Adélio ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^b   Mayer, Matthew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cuprous oxide; Protective layer; Stability; Tin dioxide; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY HARVESTING; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOTOCATHODES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STABILITY; TIN; TIN DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL INSTABILITY; CUPROUS OXIDE; HETEROJUNCTION INTERFACES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; WATER SPLITTING;

TIN OXIDES;

EID: 84962448521     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.03.022     Document Type: Article

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