AgSbS2 modified ZnO nanotube arrays for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-68

  Han, Jianhua ^a   Liu, Zhifeng ^a   Guo, Keying ^a   Zhang, Xueqi ^a   Hong, Tiantian ^a   Wang, Bo ^a  

^a TIANJIN CHENGJIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AgSbS2; Nanotube; Photoelectrochemical; Water splitting; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ITO GLASS; NANORODS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SUBSTRATES; YARN; ZINC OXIDE;

AGSBS2; PHOTO-INDUCED CHARGE; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; TRANSMISSION VELOCITIES; WATER SPLITTING; ZNO NANOTUBE ARRAYS;

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84929457229     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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