Improved photoelectrochemical property of a nanocomposite NiO/CdS@ZnO photoanode for water splitting

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-46

  Li, Yang ^a   Zhang, Xiaoli ^a   Jiang, Shaohong ^a   Dai, Haitao ^a   Sun, Xiaowei ^a,b   Li, Yongdan ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous catalysis; Hydrogen; Oxygen; Photolysis; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARRIER MOBILITY; CATALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; NANORODS; NICKEL OXIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SODIUM SULFATE; SODIUM SULFIDE; SODIUM SULFITE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

CARRIER SEPARATION; HYDROTHERMAL TECHNIQUES; NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITES; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; WATER SPLITTING;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84907481656     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.08.015     Document Type: Article

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