Hydrogen evolution using palladium sulfide (PdS) nanocorals as photoanodes in aqueous solution

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 20544-20549

  Barawi, M ^a   Ferrer, I J ^a   Ares, J R ^a   Sanchez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy photoconversion; Hydrogen generation; Palladium sulfide; Photoelectrochemistry; Solar energy conversion

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM SULFITE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; FLAT-BAND POTENTIALS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES;

PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84914696727     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5061504     Document Type: Article

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