Unravelling Photocarrier Dynamics beyond the Space Charge Region for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 4036-4043

  Zhang, Wenrui ^a   Yan, Danhua ^a,b   Appavoo, Kannatassen ^a   Cen, Jiajie ^b   Wu, Qiyuan ^b   Orlov, Alexander ^b   Sfeir, Matthew Y ^a   Liu, Mingzhao ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; EXCITONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METALLIC FILMS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; THIN FILMS; WATER ABSORPTION; ZINC OXIDE;

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PHOTOCARRIER LIFETIMES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; ULTRA-FAST SPECTROSCOPIES;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 85019111471     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00672     Document Type: Article

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