Minimization of ionic transport resistance in porous monoliths for application in integrated solar water splitting devices

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 38, 2016, Pages 21242-21247

  Bosserez, Tom ^a   Geerts, Lisa ^a   Rongé, Jan ^a   Ceyssens, Frederik ^a   Haussener, Sophia ^b   Puers, Robert ^a   Martens, Johan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IONIC CONDUCTION; LASER ABLATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SILICON WAFERS; SUBSTRATES;

IONIC TRANSPORTS; LOSS OF EFFICIENCIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; SILICON WAFER SUBSTRATES; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN; THICK SUBSTRATES;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84989345394     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06766     Document Type: Article

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