Morphology-controlled synthesis of Au/Cu2FeSnS4 core-shell nanostructures for plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen generation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 9072-9077

  Ha, Enna ^a   Lee, Lawrence Yoon Suk ^a   Man, Ho Wing ^a   Tsang, Shik Chi Edman ^b   Wong, Kwok Yin ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropic growth; Au CITS core shell; Hydrogen evolution; Photocatalysis; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; IRON COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLASMONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIN COMPOUNDS;

ANISOTROPIC GROWTH; CONTROLLABLE MORPHOLOGY; CORE SHELL; CORE SHELL NANO STRUCTURES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY-CONTROLLED; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN; QUATERNARY CHALCOGENIDES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84928902482     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00715     Document Type: Article

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