A highly efficient nanostructured quinary photocatalyst for hydrogen production

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 516-523

  Lashgari, Mohsen ^a,b   Ghanimati, Majid ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^b Center for Research in Climate Change and Global Warming   (Iran)

Author keywords

Compound semiconductor; Energy materials; Hydrogen production; Nanostructured photocatalyst; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ENERGY POLICY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GAS ADSORPTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEN FUELS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; TIN COMPOUNDS; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS; ENERGY MATERIALS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSTS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NITROGEN ADSORPTION DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84923849503     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.3265     Document Type: Article

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