WO3 mesocrystal-assisted photoelectrochemical activity of BiVO4

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Van, Chien Nguyen ^a   Do, Thi Hien ^b   Chen, Jhih Wei ^c   Tzeng, Wen Yen ^a   Tsai, Kai An ^a   Song, Haili ^d   Liu, Heng Jui ^e   Lin, Yan Cheng ^a   Chen, Yi Chun ^c   Wu, Chung Lin ^c   Luo, Chih Wei ^a   Chou, Wu Ching ^a   Huang, Rong ^d   Hsu, Yung Jung ^a   Chu, Ying Hao ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOCOMPOSITES;

ADVANCED DESIGNS; CHARGE INTERACTIONS; CONSTITUENT PHASIS; INTERFACIAL COUPLINGS; PARENT COMPOUNDS; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 85014882963     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2017.15     Document Type: Article

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