Carbon quantum dots coated BiVO4 inverse opals for enhanced photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 15, 2015, Pages

  Nan, Feng ^a   Kang, Zhenhui ^a   Wang, Junling ^b   Shen, Mingrong ^a   Fang, Liang ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SLOW LIGHT;

CARBON QUANTUM DOTS; LIGHT EFFECTS; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN; PHOTOELECTRODE; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; PHOTON TRAPPING; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84927729330     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4918290     Document Type: Article

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