Enhanced visible-light-induced hydrogen evolution from water in a noble-metal-free system catalyzed by ZnTCPP-MoS2/TiO2 assembly

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 275, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-16

  Yuan, Yongjun ^a   Lu, Hongwei ^a   Ji, Zhenguo ^a   Zhong, Jiasong ^a   Ding, Mingye ^a   Chen, Daqing ^a   Li, Yonghui ^b   Tu, Wenguang ^b   Cao, Dapeng ^c   Yu, Zhentao ^b   Zou, Zhigang ^b  

^a HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized TiO2; Hydrogen production; Molybdenum disulfide; Photocatalyst; Zinc porphyrin

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PORPHYRINS; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; DYE SENSITIZED; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS; TIO2-BASED PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; ZINC PORPHYRINS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84927731080     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.04.015     Document Type: Article

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