Synthesis of porous ZnS:Ag2S nanosheets by ion exchange for photocatalytic H2 generation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9078-9084

  Yang, Xia ^a,b   Xue, Hongtao ^a,b   Xu, Jun ^a,c   Huang, Xing ^a,d   Zhang, Jie ^a,b   Tang, Yong Bing ^a,b   Ng, Tsz Wai ^a,b   Kwong, Hoi Lun ^a   Meng, Xiang Min ^d   Lee, Chun Sing ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b City University's Shenzhen Research Institute ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

hole scavenger; ion exchange; porous nanosheet

Indexed keywords

ION EXCHANGE; SILVER; ZINC SULFIDE;

DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; GENERATION RATE; HOLE SCAVENGER; ION CONCENTRATIONS; METAL COCATALYST; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; POROUS NANOSTRUCTURES; SACRIFICIAL TEMPLATES;

NANOSHEETS;

EID: 84903530823     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5020953     Document Type: Article

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