Silicon/Organic Heterojunction for Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion Photoanode with a Record Photovoltage

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 9411-9419

  Cui, Wei ^a   Wu, Shan ^a   Chen, Fengjiao ^a   Xia, Zhouhui ^a   Li, Yanguang ^a   Zhang, Xiao Hong ^a   Song, Tao ^a   Lee, Shuit Tong ^a   Sun, Baoquan ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

photoelectrochemical; silicon organic heterojunction; surface passiviation

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; PASSIVATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SILICON; TEMPERATURE;

3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; DENSITY OF ELECTRON STATE; HIGH QUALITY SURFACE; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; ORGANIC/INORGANIC HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84993984960     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b04385     Document Type: Article

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