Enhanced photoelectrochemical performance of inorganic–organic hybrid consisting of BiVO 4 and PEDOT:PSS

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 388, Issue , 2016, Pages 753-761

  Trzcinski K ^a   Szkoda, M ^a   Siuzdak, K ^b   Sawczak, M ^b   Lisowska Oleksiak, A ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FLUID FLOW MACHINERY   (Poland)

Author keywords

BiVO 4; PEDOT:PSS; Photoanode; Photocurrent

Indexed keywords

CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIVO4; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY CURVES; ELECTRODEPOSITED POLYMERS; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85007587975     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.02.143     Document Type: Article

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