• DOI:10.1038/238037A0
Corpus ID: 4251015

Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode

@article{Fujishima1972ElectrochemicalPO,
  title={Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode},
  author={A. Fujishima and K. Honda},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1972},
  volume={238},
  pages={37-38}
}

• A. Fujishima, K. Honda
• Published 1972
• Chemistry, Medicine
• Nature

ALTHOUGH the possibility of water photolysis has been investigated by many workers, a useful method has only now been developed. Because water is transparent to visible light it cannot be decomposed directly, but only by radiation with wavelengths shorter than 190 nm (ref. 1).