Evaluating Charge Carrier Transport and Surface States in CuFeO2 Photocathodes

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 4952-4962

  Prévot, Mathieu S ^a   Jeanbourquin, Xavier A ^a   Bourée, Wiktor S ^a   Abdi, Fatwa ^b   Friedrich, Dennis ^b   Van De Krol, Roel ^b   Guijarro, Néstor ^a   Le Formal, Florian ^a   Sivula, Kevin ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOL-GELS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE STATES;

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; FERMI LEVEL PINNING; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; MICROWAVE CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85020708569     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01284     Document Type: Article

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