Electrosprayed copper hexaoxodivanadate (CuV2O6) and pyrovanadate (Cu2V2O7) photoanodes for efficient solar water splitting

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 708, Issue , 2017, Pages 444-450

  Kim, Min woo ^a   Joshi, Bhavana ^a   Yoon, Hyun ^b   Ohm, Tae Yoon ^a   Kim, Karam ^a   Al Deyab, Salem S ^c   Yoon, Sam S ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Copper vanadate oxide; Photoanode; Photocurrent; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCURRENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM SULFITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; COPPER VANADATE; ELECTROCHEMICAL KINETICS; ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DEPOSITION; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; WATER SPLITTING;

VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85014848478     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.02.302     Document Type: Article

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