Ion-induced synthesis of uniform single-crystalline sulphide-based quaternary-alloy hexagonal nanorings for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Advanced Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 2567-2572

  Hu, Peng ^a   Pramana, Stevin Snellius ^a,b   Cao, Shaowen ^a   Ngaw, Chee Keong ^c   Lin, Jingdong ^c   Loo, Say Chye Joachim ^a   Tan, Timothy Thatt Yang ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cation exchange; hexagonal nanorings; nanostructures; photocatalyst; quaternary alloy semiconductors

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGE REACTIONS; CATION EXCHANGES; KIRKENDALL EFFECTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY ALLOYS; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

NANORINGS;

ALLOY; HYDROGEN; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SULFIDES;

EID: 84877304320     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201204545     Document Type: Article

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