Hierarchical microarchitectures of AgGa1-xInxS 2: Long chain alcohol assisted synthesis, band gap tailoring and photocatalytic activities of hydrogen generation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 10731-10738

  Sun, Jingxue ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Xiong, Guihong ^a   Pei, Jian ^a   Dong, Hongjun ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Band gap tailoring; DFT calculation; Long chain alcohol; Photocatalyst; Ternary sulfide photocatalysts

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INDIUM; LIGHT; NANOSHEETS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DFT CALCULATION; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; LONG CHAIN ALCOHOLS; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TERNARY SULFIDE; VISIBLE LIGHT DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84883133833     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.02.138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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