Comprehensive Evaluation of CuBi2O4 as a Photocathode Material for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 4231-4242

  Berglund, Sean P ^a   Abdi, Fatwa F ^a   Bogdanoff, Peter ^a   Chemseddine, Abdelkrim ^a   Friedrich, Dennis ^a   Van De Krol, Roel ^a,b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATHODES; REACTION KINETICS;

BAND GAP ENERGY; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; ONSET POTENTIAL; P TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 84976553871     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00830     Document Type: Article

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