Highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production of platinum nanoparticle-decorated SiC nanowires under simulated sunlight irradiation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 14581-14587

  Wang, Mingming ^a   Chen, Jianjun ^a,b   Liao, Xin ^a   Liu, Zhaoxiang ^a   Zhang, Judong ^a   Gao, Li ^a   Li, Ye ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Photocatalysis; Pt SiC photocatalyst; SiC nanowires; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; IRRADIATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLATINUM; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; SIC NANOWIRE; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84906784878     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.07.068     Document Type: Article

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