Effective improvement of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution via a facile in-situ solvothermal N-doping strategy in N-TiO2/N-graphene nanocomposite

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 6845-6852

  Pei, Fuyun ^a   Xu, Shengang ^a   Zuo, Wei ^a   Zhang, Zhenru ^a   Liu, Yingliang ^a   Cao, Shaokui ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene; Hydrogen evolution; Nanocomposite; Nitrogen doping; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NITROGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; NITROGEN CONTENT; NITROGEN-DOPED; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE; NITROGEN-DOPING; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84897986493     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.02.173     Document Type: Article

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