Enabling Solar Water Oxidation by BiVO4 Photoanodes in Basic Media

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2018, Pages 4704-4712

  Lee, Dongho ^a   Kvit, Alexander ^a   Choi, Kyoung Shin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; OXIDATION; PHOTOCURRENTS; REDUCTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COHERENT UNDERSTANDING; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION METHODS; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2);

VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85050654565     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01405     Document Type: Article

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