Combining Bulk/Surface Engineering of Hematite to Synergistically Improve Its Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 25, 2016, Pages 16071-16077

  Yuan, Yufei ^a   Gu, Jiuwang ^a   Ye, Kai Hang ^a   Chai, Zhisheng ^a   Yu, Xiang ^a   Chen, Xiaobo ^a   Zhao, Chuanxi ^a   Zhang, Yuanming ^a   Mai, Wenjie ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hematite; photoelectrochemical water splitting; surface engineering; synergistic effect; Ti dopant

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEMATITE;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SURFACE ENGINEERING; SURFACE TRANSFER; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TWO-STEP APPROACH;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 84976902158     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b04142     Document Type: Article

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