Three-Dimensional Bicontinuous BiVO4/ZnO Photoanodes for High Solar Water-Splitting Performance at Low Bias Potential

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 10, Issue 40, 2018, Pages 34238-34244

  Kim, Kiwon ^a   Moon, Jun Hyuk ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bicontinuous structures; heterojunction photoanodes; low bias potentials; photoelectrochemical water splitting; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BORON CARBIDE; EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OXIDATION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICES; ZINC OXIDE;

BICONTINUOUS STRUCTURES; LOW BIAS; LOW TURN-ON VOLTAGES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85054394160     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b11241     Document Type: Article

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