Parallel water photo-oxidation reaction pathways in hematite photoanodes: implications for solar fuel production
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چکیده
Potentiodynamic discharge measurements of hematite photoanodes, supported by micro-kinetic modeling, indicate that parallel reaction pathways prevail in water photo-oxidation. Their co-existence may lead to collective phenomena with complex dynamics.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Energy and Environmental Science
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1754-5706', '1754-5692']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ee03953a