A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-80

  Wang, Xinchen ^a,b   Maeda, Kazuhiko ^c   Thomas, Arne ^a   Takanabe, Kazuhiro ^c   Xin, Gang ^c   Carlsson, Johan M ^d   Domen, Kazunari ^c   Antonietti, Markus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; CATALYSTS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; LIGHT; NITRIDES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ABUNDANT MATERIALS; ENERGY TRANSDUCERS; FUTURE ENERGIES; OTHER CONDUCTING POLYMERS; POLYMER SEMICONDUCTORS; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; THERMALLY STABLE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 57849130247     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2317     Document Type: Article

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