Water Splitting: Achieving Highly Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation with a TiCl4 Treated 3D Antimony‐Doped SnO2 Macropore/Branched α‐Fe2O3 Nanorod Heterojunction Photoanode (Adv. Sci. 7/2015)
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In article number 1500049, Dai-Bin Kuang and co-workers demonstrate a novel macroporous antimony-doped SnO 2 as dedicated charge collector with high surface area and optical enhancement to load hematite nanorods for highly efficient water splitting. With post treatments, the composite photoanode achieves an impressive photocurrent density under sun illumination.
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Achieving Highly Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation with a TiCl4 Treated 3D Antimony‐Doped SnO2 Macropore/Branched α‐Fe2O3 Nanorod Heterojunction Photoanode
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