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Photoelectrochemistry: Zinc Ferrite Photoanode Nanomorphologies with Favorable Kinetics for Water‐Splitting (Adv. Funct. Mater. 25/2016)
Author(s) -
Hufnagel Alexander G.,
Peters Kristina,
Müller Alexander,
Scheu Christina,
FattakhovaRohlfing Dina,
Bein Thomas
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201670155
Subject(s) - materials science , water splitting , zinc ferrite , photoelectrochemistry , ferrite (magnet) , kinetics , photoelectrolysis , zinc , electron transfer , optoelectronics , metallurgy , composite material , electrode , photochemistry , electrolysis , electrochemistry , photocatalysis , chemistry , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics , electrolyte , biochemistry
Photoelectrolysis of water is a promising technology to generate hydrogen as a renewable fuel. In the article on page 4435, T. Bein and co‐workers examine the kinetics of photoelectrochemical water‐splitting on ultrathin zinc ferrite films. Its intrinsically slow electron/hole recombination, resulting in high charge‐transfer efficiency, renders zinc ferrite an attractive photoanode material, whose performance is further increased by nanomorphology optimization. Cover image designed by Christoph Hohmann, Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM).