BiAg alloy nanospheres: A new photocatalyst for H2 evolution from water splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 19488-19493

  Jiao, Zhengbo ^a   Zhang, Yan ^b   Ouyang, Shuxin ^c   Yu, Hongchao ^a   Lu, Gongxuan ^a   Ye, Jinhua ^c   Bi, Yingpu ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BiAg alloy; H2 evolution; Nanospheres; Photocatalysis; Photoelectrochemical

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SILVER ALLOYS;

ALLOY NANOPARTICLE; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; H2 EVOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS;

BISMUTH ALLOYS;

EID: 84914703005     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506030p     Document Type: Article

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