Novel-CdS-nanorod with stacking fault structures: Preparation and properties of visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production from water

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 279, Issue , 2015, Pages 747-756

  He, Kai ^a   Wang, Meng ^a   Guo, Liejin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdS nanorod; Photocatalytic hydrogen production; Stacking fault structure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BAND STRUCTURE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT; NANORODS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

CDS NANOROD; DISSOLUTION-RECRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; FAULT STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMALLY SYNTHESIZED; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84930631595     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.04.069     Document Type: Article

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