TY - JOUR
T1 - 10-fold enhancement in light-driven water splitting using niobium oxynitride microcone array films
AU - Shaheen, Basamat S.
AU - Hafez, Ahmed M.
AU - Banavoth, Murali
AU - Kirmani, Ahmad R.
AU - Amassian, Aram
AU - Mohammed, Omar F.
AU - Allam, Nageh K.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: We would like to acknowledge the financial support of this work by The American University in Cairo, Grant #SSE - PHYS - NA - RSG - FY16-FY17-Contract No. 7. The support from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is highly appreciated. B. S. Shaheen acknowledges Prof. Kazuhiro Takanabe for allowing the use of his lab facilities.
PY - 2016/3/26
Y1 - 2016/3/26
N2 - We demonstrate, for the first time, the synthesis of highly ordered niobium oxynitride microcones as an attractive class of materials for visible-light-driven water splitting. As revealed by the ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), photoelectrochemical and transient photocurrent measurements, the microcones showed enhanced performance (~1000% compared to mesoporous niobium oxide) as photoanodes for water splitting with remarkable stability and visible light activity. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - We demonstrate, for the first time, the synthesis of highly ordered niobium oxynitride microcones as an attractive class of materials for visible-light-driven water splitting. As revealed by the ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), photoelectrochemical and transient photocurrent measurements, the microcones showed enhanced performance (~1000% compared to mesoporous niobium oxide) as photoanodes for water splitting with remarkable stability and visible light activity. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/621602
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0927024816001070
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84961755786&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.03.011
DO - 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.03.011
M3 - Article
SN - 0927-0248
VL - 151
SP - 149
EP - 153
JO - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
JF - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
ER -