Microwave synthesis of a CoSe2/graphene-TiO2 heterostructure for improved hydrogen evolution from aqueous solutions in the presence of sacrificial agents

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 18841-18849

  Ullah, Kefayat ^a   Lei, Zhu ^a   Ye, Shu ^a   Ali, Asghar ^a   Oh, Won Chun ^a  

^a Hanseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; MICROWAVE TUBES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION RATE; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED TECHNIQUE; PHOTOCATALYST MATERIALS; TERNARY COMPOSITES; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84923272105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra00065c     Document Type: Article

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