Stabilized Solar Hydrogen Production with CuO/CdS Heterojunction Thin Film Photocathodes

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1735-1743

  Septina, Wilman ^a   Prabhakar, Rajiv Ramanujam ^a   Wick, René ^a   Moehl, Thomas ^a   Tilley, S David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCATHODES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BAND ALIGNMENTS; FARADAIC EFFICIENCIES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; ONSET POTENTIAL; PHOSPHATE BUFFER SOLUTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85014034823     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05248     Document Type: Article

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