Engineering a Cu2O/NiO/Cu2MoS4 hybrid photocathode for H2 generation in water

Nanoscale

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6506-6510

  Yang, Chen ^a,b   Tran, Phong D ^a,b   Boix, Pablo P ^b   Bassi, Prince S ^a   Yantara, Natalia ^b   Wong, Lydia H ^a   Barber, James ^a,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCATALYSTS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; O-LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; SUN ILLUMINATION;

PHOTOCATHODES;

EID: 84901753615     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4nr00386a     Document Type: Article

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