Antimony(III) Sulfide Thin Films as a Photoanode Material in Photocatalytic Water Splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 8445-8451

  DeAngelis, Alexander Daniel ^a,c   Kemp, Kingsley Christian ^a,b   Gaillard, Nicolas ^c   Kim, Kwang S ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

antimony sulfide; PEC; photocatalytic; thin film; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; ENERGY GAP; SURFACE DEFECTS;

ANTIMONY SULFIDE; FABRICATION TEMPERATURE; HIGH-ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITIES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; WATER SPLITTING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84964635581     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b12178     Document Type: Article

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