Effect of Orientation on Bulk and Surface Properties of Sn-doped Hematite (α-Fe2O3) Heteroepitaxial Thin Film Photoanodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 51, 2016, Pages 28961-28970

  Grave, Daniel A ^a   Klotz, Dino ^a   Kay, Asaf ^a   Dotan, Hen ^a   Gupta, Bhavana ^b   Visoly Fisher, Iris ^b   Rothschild, Avner ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FILM GROWTH; HEMATITE; SAPPHIRE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS; TIN;

BULK AND SURFACE PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HETEROEPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; ORIENTATION DEPENDENCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE CRYSTAL SAPPHIRES; WATER PHOTO OXIDATIONS;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 85027330773     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b10033     Document Type: Article

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