Interface Control of Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Performance with Ni1-xFexOy Modified Hematite Photoanodes

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 6674-6683

  Hajibabaei, Hamed ^a   Schon, Abraham R ^a   Hamann, Thomas W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; HEMATITE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; INTENSITY MODULATED PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY (IMPS); INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES; RECOMBINATION CENTERS; RECOMBINATION REACTIONS;

INTERFACE STATES;

EID: 85027835485     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01149     Document Type: Article

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