Phosphate modified N/Si co-doped rutile TiO 2 nanorods for photoelectrochemical water oxidation

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 391, Issue , 2017, Pages 288-294

  Zhang, Xiaofan ^a,b   Zhang, Bingyan ^a   Luo, Yanping ^a   Lv, Xiaowei ^a   Shen, Yan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUANGHE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Doping; Phosphate; Photoelectrochemistry; TiO 2; Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; NANORODS; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOSPHATES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SURFACE TREATMENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LIGHT ILLUMINATION; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; TIO2; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSE; WATER OXIDATION;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84979588363     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.07.035     Document Type: Article

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