Efficient improvement of photoelectrochemical activity for multiple semiconductor (CdS/PbS/ZnS) co-sensitized TiO2 photoelectrodes by hydrogen treatment

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 6462-6469

  Ding, Dong ^a   Chen, Yanli ^a   Lv, Pin ^a   Yao, Huizhen ^a   Mu, Yannan ^a,b   Su, Shi ^a   Zhang, Xiaolin ^a   Zhou, Liying ^a   Fu, Wuyou ^a   Yang, Haibin ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Heihe University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; NARROW BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC SULFIDE;

ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ANODIZATION; HYDROGEN ATMOSPHERE; HYDROGEN TREATMENTS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS; TIO2 NANOTUBE ARRAYS;

SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84920836455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12491j     Document Type: Article

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