Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production from aqueous methanol solution using ZnO with simultaneous photodeposition of Cu

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 27, 2013, Pages 11840-11846

  Gomathisankar, Paramasivan ^a   Hachisuka, Katsumasa ^a   Katsumata, Hideyuki ^a   Suzuki, Tohru ^a,b   Funasaka, Kunihiro ^b   Kaneco, Satoshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copper; Methanol; Photocatalytic hydrogen generation; Simultaneous metal deposition; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS METHANOL SOLUTIONS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; METAL DEPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SIMULTANEOUS DEPOSITION; ZNO;

COPPER; DEPOSITION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANOL; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84882652977     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.06.131     Document Type: Article

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