Photocatalytic activity of core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals featuring spatial separation of charges

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 43, 2012, Pages 22786-22793

  Perera, Dimuthu ^a   Lorek, Ryan ^a   Khnayzer, Rony S ^a   Moroz, Pavel ^a   O'Connor, Timothy ^a   Khon, Dmitry ^b   Diederich, Geoffrey ^a   Kinder, Erich ^a   Lambright, Scott ^a   Castellano, Felix N ^a   Zamkov, Mikhail ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED ENERGY; CATALYTIC REACTIONS; CDS; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; OXIDATIVE REACTION; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTO-INDUCED CHARGE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SHELL THICKNESS; SPATIAL SEPARATION; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEPARATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84868089060     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp308921s     Document Type: Article

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