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Title: Stable Solar-Driven Water Oxidation to O 2 (g) by Ni-Oxide-Coated Silicon Photoanodes

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  1. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, ‡Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, §Beckman Institute and Molecular Materials Research Center, and ∥Kavli Nanoscience Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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OSTI Identifier:
1392187
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Journal Volume: 6 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Sun, Ke, McDowell, Matthew T., Nielander, Adam C., Hu, Shu, Shaner, Matthew R., Yang, Fan, Brunschwig, Bruce S., and Lewis, Nathan S. Stable Solar-Driven Water Oxidation to O 2 (g) by Ni-Oxide-Coated Silicon Photoanodes. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1021/jz5026195.
Sun, Ke, McDowell, Matthew T., Nielander, Adam C., Hu, Shu, Shaner, Matthew R., Yang, Fan, Brunschwig, Bruce S., & Lewis, Nathan S. Stable Solar-Driven Water Oxidation to O 2 (g) by Ni-Oxide-Coated Silicon Photoanodes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz5026195
Sun, Ke, McDowell, Matthew T., Nielander, Adam C., Hu, Shu, Shaner, Matthew R., Yang, Fan, Brunschwig, Bruce S., and Lewis, Nathan S. Thu . "Stable Solar-Driven Water Oxidation to O 2 (g) by Ni-Oxide-Coated Silicon Photoanodes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz5026195.
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