Single-step strategy for the fabrication of GaON/ZnO nanoarchitectured photoanode their experimental and computational photoelectrochemical water splitting

Nano Energy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2018, Pages 23-33

  Khan, Ibrahim ^a   Qurashi, Ahsanulhaq ^a   Berdiyorov, Golibjon ^b   Iqbal, Naseer ^a   Fuji, Katsushi ^c   Yamani, Zain Hassan ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GaON ZnO nanoarchitecture; Photoanode; Photocurrent; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FABRICATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MOLECULES; NANORODS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE REACTIONS; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

DISSOCIATIVE ADSORPTION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; NANO-ARCHITECTURE; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; SINGLE-STEP STRATEGIES; WATER SPLITTING; WATER SPLITTING REACTIONS;

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85036610534     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.11.050     Document Type: Article

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