Solid-state photoelectrochemical cell with TiO2 nanotubes for water splitting

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 10-16

  Xu, Kaiqi ^a   Chatzitakis, Athanasios ^a   Norby, Truls ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOTUBE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 85009964697     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6pp00217j     Document Type: Article

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