Genesis of enhanced photoactivity of CdS/Nix nanocomposites for visible-light-driven splitting of water

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 19424-19433

  Devi, Suman ^a   Korake, Prakash ^a   Achary, S N ^b   Gupta, Narendra M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

CdS Nix nanocomposites water splitting enhanced photoactivity hydrogen evolution dominant hexagonal facets phase boundary effects

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; NICKEL; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; ZINC SULFIDE;

BOUNDARY EFFECTS; CDS; DOMINANT HEXAGONAL FACETS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOACTIVITY; WATER SPLITTING;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 84922633465     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.09.087     Document Type: Article

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