Carrier-selective p- and n-contacts for efficient and stable photocatalytic water reduction

Catalysis Today

Volumn 290, Issue , 2017, Pages 59-64

  Bae, Dowon ^a   Pedersen, Thomas ^a   Seger, Brian ^a   Iandolo, Beniamino ^a   Hansen, Ole ^a   Vesborg, Peter C K ^a   Chorkendorff, Ib ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carrier selective contact; Hydrogen evolution; Metal oxide semiconductor; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; METALS; MOS DEVICES; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSISTORS;

ACIDIC AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; LONG TERM DURABILITY; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON (NC SI); PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SELECTIVE CONTACTS;

OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 85006713348     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.11.028     Document Type: Article

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