• N-type Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Using a Newly Synthesized Conjugated Polymer as an Additive

  • Mingi Sung, Taehong Kim, Hyo-Jin Ahn*,† , and Junghoon Lee†

  • Division of Chemical Engineering, Dongseo University, Busan 47011, Korea
    *LSTME Busan, Busan 46742, Korea

  • 전도성 고분자를 첨가제로 사용한 광전기화학 물 분해용 n-type 광양극

  • 성민기 · 김태홍 · 안효진*,† · 이정훈†

  • 동서대학교 화학공학부, *LSTME Busan

  • Reproduction, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form of any part of this publication is permitted only by written permission from the Polymer Society of Korea.

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This Article

  • 2022; 46(3): 409-417

    Published online May 25, 2022

  • 10.7317/pk.2022.46.3.409
  • Received on Feb 21, 2022
  • Revised on Mar 15, 2022
  • Accepted on Mar 15, 2022

Correspondence to

  • yo-Jin Ahn* , and Junghoon Lee

  • Division of Chemical Engineering, Dongseo University, Busan 47011, Korea

  • E-mail: hyo-jin.ahn@lstme.org, junghoonlee@gdsu.dongseo.ac.kr