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Water Splitting: Vapor Phase Fabrication of Nanoheterostructures Based on ZnO for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 18/2017)
Author(s) -
Barreca Davide,
Carraro Giorgio,
Gasparotto Alberto,
Maccato Chiara,
Altantzis Thomas,
Sada Cinzia,
Kaunisto Kimmo,
Ruoko TeroPetri,
Bals Sara
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201770091
Subject(s) - materials science , tin oxide , water splitting , oxide , fabrication , optoelectronics , phase (matter) , photoelectrochemical cell , vapor phase , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , porosity , doping , electrode , photocatalysis , composite material , metallurgy , catalysis , alternative medicine , chemistry , pathology , engineering , biochemistry , thermodynamics , medicine , physics , organic chemistry , electrolyte
In article number 1700161 , Chiara Maccato and co‐workers report on a hybrid vapor phase route for the growth of ZnO/Fe 2 O 3 and ZnO/WO 3 nanoheterostructures on fluorine‐doped tin oxide substrates. A detailed characterization procedure allows to highligth an intimate contact and tailored interaction between the single oxides resulting in porous ZnO matrices conformally covered by tiny iron or tungsten oxide overlayers. These nanosystems show improved performances as photoanodes in solar‐driven photoelectrochemical cells thanks to the enhanced separation of photogenerated charge carriers.