Active cadmium sulfide photocatalysts for hydrogen production from water

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3950-3955

  Arora, Manjit K ^a   Sinha, A S K ^a   Upadhyay, S N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; STOICHIOMETRY;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 0032179246     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970617y     Document Type: Article

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