JOURNAL ARTICLE

Room temperature synthesis of a highly active Cu/Cu2O photocathode for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Zexun JinZhuofeng HuJimmy C. YuJianfang Wang

Year: 2016 Journal:   Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol: 4 (36)Pages: 13736-13741   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

A Cu2O photocathode with excellent PEC performance was fabricated by a simple comproportionation reaction between Cu0 and Cu2+.

Keywords:
Photocathode Comproportionation Water splitting Materials science Optoelectronics Chemistry Electrochemistry Physics Electron Electrode Photocatalysis Physical chemistry

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