Fabrication of Pt/Ti/TiO2 photoelectrodes by RF-Magnetron sputtering for separate hydrogen and oxygen production

Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Chiarello, Gian Luca ^a   Tealdi, Cristina ^b   Mustarelli, Piercarlo ^b   Selli, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Photocatalytic hydrogen production; RF magnetron sputtering; TiO2 thin film; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FILM PREPARATION; INFRARED DEVICES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; OXIDE MINERALS; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPUTTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; RF-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84965081741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma9040279     Document Type: Article

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