Study of N-doped TiO2 thin films for
photoelectrochemical hydrogen
generation from water

• Authors: Kamila Kollbek , Marcin Sikora , Czeslaw Kapusta , Anita Trenczek-Zajac , Marta Radecka , Katarzyna Zakrzewska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Keywords

EN

nitrogen doped TiO2; thin films; opticalproperties; flat band potential; XES

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1

Dates

accepted

4 - 11 - 2014

received

6 - 11 - 2013

online

8 - 4 - 2015

Contributors

author

Kamila Kollbek

• AGH University of Science
  and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology,
  Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
• AGH University of
  Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer
  Science, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

author

Marcin Sikora

• AGH University of Science
  and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology,
  Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
• AGH University of
  Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer
  Science, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

author

Czeslaw Kapusta

• AGH University of
  Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer
  Science, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

author

Anita Trenczek-Zajac

• AGH University of Science
  and Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics,
  Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

author

Marta Radecka

• AGH University of Science
  and Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics,
  Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

author

Katarzyna Zakrzewska

• AGH University of Science and Technology,
  Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics and Telecommunications,
  Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/chem-2015-0089