Efficient Plasma Route to Nanostructure Materials: Case Study on the Use of m-WO3 for Solar Water Splitting
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Abstract
One of the main challenges in developing highly efficient nanostructured photoelectrodes is to achieve good control over the desired morphology and good electrical conductivity. We present an efficient plasma-processing technique to form porous structures in tungsten substrates. After an optimized two-step annealling procedure, the mesoporous tungsten transforms into photoactive monoclinic WO3. The excellent control over the feature size and good contact between the crystallites obtained with the plasma technique offers an exciting new synthesis route for nanostructured materials for use in processes such as solar water splitting.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques · Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials · Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
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Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5045, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
FOM-Institute DIFFER, Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research, P. O. Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Center for Energy Research, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California, United States
Institute for Solar Fuels, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie Gmbh, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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