Surface site modulations by conjugated organic molecules to enhance visible light activity of ZnO nanostructures in photocatalytic water splitting

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3060-3067

  George, Leena ^a   Sappati, Subrahmanyam ^b   Ghosh, Prasenjit ^b   Devi, R Nandini ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULES; OXIDE MINERALS; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONDUCTION-BAND MINIMUM; CONJUGATED ORGANIC MOLECULES; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER-METHANOL MIXTURES;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84923163911     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511996z     Document Type: Article

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