Efficient suppression of back electron/hole recombination in cobalt phosphate surface-modified undoped bismuth vanadate photoanodes
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Efficient suppression of back electron/hole recombination in cobalt phosphate surface-modified undoped bismuth vanadate photoanodes
Department of Chemistry, Imperial Colle London, SW7 2AZ, UK. E-mail: j.durrant@im Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of O Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Écol (EPFL), Station 6, CH H4 565, Lausanne 10 † Electronic supplementary information (E SEM images of CoPi-modied and unmo J–V curves, transient absorption t resu measured as a function of excitation inten Cite this: J. Mater. Chem. A,...
متن کاملEfficient suppression of back electron/hole recombination in cobalt phosphate surface-modified undoped bismuth vanadate photoanodes† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: XRD characterization and SEM images of CoPi-modified and unmodified BiVO4, continuous illumination J–V curves, transient absorption fit results, and transient absorption decays measured as a function of excitation intensities. See DOI: 10.1039/c5ta05826k Click here for additional data file.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Materials Chemistry A
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2050-7488,2050-7496
DOI: 10.1039/c5ta05826k