Silicon Decorated with Amorphous Cobalt Molybdenum Sulfide Catalyst as an Efficient Photocathode for Solar Hydrogen Generation

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3829-3836

  Chen, Yang ^a,b   Tran, Phong D ^a,b   Boix, Pablo ^a   Ren, Yi ^c   Chiam, Sing Yang ^c   Li, Zhen ^a   Fu, Kunwu ^a   Wong, Lydia H ^b   Barber, James ^b,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

catalysis; hydrogen; molybdenum sulfide; solar fuels; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PRECIOUS METALS; SILICON; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

COMPLETE COUPLED SYSTEMS; ELECTRODEPOSITION PROCESS; MOLYBDENUM SULFIDE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SOLAR FUELS; SOLAR-HYDROGEN GENERATION; WATER SPLITTING;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84928942576     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn506819m     Document Type: Article

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