Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) has been widely regarded as a promising photoanode material for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting because of its low cost, its high stability against photocorrosion, and its relatively narrow band gap of 2.4 eV. However, the achieved performance of the BiVO4 photoanode remains unsatisfactory to date because its short carrier diffusion length restricts the total...

The compressive resistance of truncated nanocone lattices produced by lithography and etching steps on Si or Ge wafers to get superhydrophobic antireflective light-transmitting windows, as well the protection efficiency alumina diamond coatings, is investigated numerical simulations elastic buckling, nanocompression tests. latter reveal limits an analysis, since stress at top cones high enough ...