Hydrogen evolution from Pt nanoparticles covered p-type CdS:Cu Photocathode in scavenger-free electrolyte

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2306-2311

  Huang, Qiang ^a,c   Li, Quan ^a   Xiao, Xudong ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON SURFACE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY LABORATORY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; P-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOCATHODE SURFACES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; THERMAL EVAPORATION PROCESS; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

PHOTOCATHODES;

EID: 84893820804     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410242e     Document Type: Article

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