Gradient doping of phosphorus in Fe2O3 nanoarray photoanodes for enhanced charge separation

Chemical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 91-100

  Luo, Zhibin ^a,b   Li, Chengcheng ^a,b   Liu, Shanshan ^a,b   Wang, Tuo ^a,b   Gong, Jinlong ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEMATITE; PHOSPHORUS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ANNEALING METHODS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN;

SEPARATION;

EID: 85006980458     PISSN: 20416520     EISSN: 20416539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6sc03707k     Document Type: Article

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