Electrospun Mo-BiVO4 for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation: Direct Evidence of Improved Hole Diffusion Length and Charge separation

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 211, Issue , 2016, Pages 173-182

  Antony, Rajini P ^a   Bassi, Prince Saurabh ^a   Abdi, Fatwa F ^b   Chiam, Sing Yang ^c   Ren, Yi ^c   Barber, James ^d   Loo, Joachim Say Chye ^a   Wong, Lydia Helena ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion length; Electrospinning; Oxygen evolution; Solar energy conversion

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPINNING; ENERGY CONVERSION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OXIDATION; SEPARATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPINNING (FIBERS);

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; DIFFUSION LENGTH; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

EID: 84975246095     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.06.008     Document Type: Article

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