High water-splitting efficiency through intentional In and Sn codoping in hematite photoanodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 49, 2016, Pages 28345-28353

  Kaouk, Ali ^a,c   Ruoko, Tero Petri ^a,b   Pyeon, Myeongwhun ^a   Gönüllü, Yakup ^a   Kaunisto, Kimmo ^b   Lemmetyinen, Helge ^b   Mathur, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; INDIUM; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUBSTRATES; TIN;

CHARGE CARRIER GENERATION; ELECTRON EXTRACTION; IONIC TRANSPORTS; METALLIC TITANIUM; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRAPPED ELECTRONS;

HEMATITE;

EID: 85021827672     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b10432     Document Type: Article

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