One-step electrodeposition of CdSe on nanoparticulate titania films and their use as sensitized photoanodes for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production

Catalysis Today

Volumn 252, Issue , 2015, Pages 157-161

  Pop, Lucian Cristian ^a   Sygellou, Lamprini ^b   Dracopoulos, Vassilios ^b   Andrikopoulos, Konstantinos S ^b   Sfaelou, Stavroula ^a   Lianos, Panagiotis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electrodeposited CdSe; Hydrogen production; Photoelectrochemical cells; TiO2< inf>

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; METALLIC FILMS; MIXTURES; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SODIUM; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; CDSE; MOLAR CONCENTRATION; ONE-STEP ELECTRODEPOSITIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; SPECTROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; TIO;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84930048179     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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