Dual Role of Sb-Incorporated Buffer Layers for High Efficiency Cuprous Oxide Photocathodic Performance: Remarkably Enhanced Crystallinity and Effective Hole Transport

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 8213-8221

  Baek, Seung Ki ^a   Kim, Joo Sung ^a   Kim, Young Been ^a   Yoon, Jae Hong ^b,c   Lee, Han Bo Ram ^b   Cho, Hyung Koun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cuprous oxide; Double layer; Electrodeposition; Hole transport; Photoelectrochemical

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ENERGY GAP; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

CUPROUS OXIDE; DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HOLE TRANSPORTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS;

HOLE MOBILITY;

EID: 85028925963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01889     Document Type: Article

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