Stable core/shell CdTe/Mn-CdS quantum dots sensitized three-dimensional, macroporous ZnO nanosheet photoelectrode and their photoelectrochemical properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 12353-12362

  Li, Weili ^a   Sheng, Pengtao ^a   Feng, Hongyan ^a   Yin, Xuehua ^a   Zhu, Xuewei ^a   Yang, Xu ^a   Cai, Qingyun ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

macroporous ZnO nanosheet; photocatalytic degradation; photoelectrochemical; quantum dots; SILAR

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ZINC SULFIDE;

ION LAYER ADSORPTION; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; QUANTUM DOTS SENSITIZED; SILAR; ZNO NANOSHEETS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84906245037     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502151m     Document Type: Article

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