Efficient and stable photocatalytic hydrogen production from water splitting over ZnxCd1-xS solid solutions under visible light irradiation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1630-1639

  Chan, Chih Chieh ^a   Chang, Chung Chieh ^b   Hsu, Chia Hao ^b   Weng, Yu Ching ^a   Chen, Kew Yu ^a   Lin, Hsiao Han ^a   Huang, Wen Chih ^a   Cheng, Sheng Fa ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Photocatalyst; Visible light; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; HYDROGEN; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MIXTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SODIUM SULFIDE; SOLID SOLUTIONS; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY; ZINC SULFIDE;

COPRECIPITATION METHOD; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PHOTOCATALYTIC H2 EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; UV-VIS-DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84891828394     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.11.059     Document Type: Article

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