Activity of cadmium sulfide photocatalysts for hydrogen production from water: Role of support

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2659-2665

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

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HYDROGEN; IMPREGNATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDUCTION; WATER;

BAND GAP; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; HYDROGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DISPERSION; HYDROLYSIS; PRECIPITATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

EID: 0032769189     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980400j     Document Type: Article

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