One-Step Hydrothermal Deposition of Ni:FeOOH onto Photoanodes for Enhanced Water Oxidation

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 624-632

  Cai, Lili ^a   Zhao, Jiheng ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Park, Joonsuk ^a   Cho, In Sun ^a,b   Han, Hyun Soo ^a   Zheng, Xiaolin ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; COATINGS; DEPOSITION; HEMATITE; IONIZATION OF GASES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON WAFERS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATES; DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; ONSET POTENTIAL; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; TUNNEL STRUCTURES;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85015988906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00303     Document Type: Article

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