Effect of Ordered TiO2 Nanotube Array Substrate on Photocatalytic Performance of CdS-Sensitized ZnO Nanorod Arrays

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 22591-22597

  Wu, Liangpeng ^a   Li, Juan ^a   Zhang, Shaohong ^a   Long, Lizhen ^a   Li, Xinjun ^a   Cen, Chaoping ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; NANOARRAY STRUCTURE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; PHOTO-INJECTED ELECTRONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SUBSTRATE LAYERS; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOTUBES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84889799686     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408527r     Document Type: Article

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