Role of aliovalent cation doping in the activity of nanocrystalline CdS for visible-light-driven H2 production from water

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 8695-8705

  Korake, Prakash V ^a   Achary, Srungarpu N ^b   Gupta, Narendra M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

CdS photocatalysts; Dominant hexagonal facets; Doping affected nucleation; Effect of aliovalent cation doping; Hydrogen evolution; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALS; NUCLEATION; POSITIVE IONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SURFACE DEFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BULK AND SURFACE PROPERTIES; CATION DOPING; DOMINANT HEXAGONAL FACETS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; SACRIFICIAL ELECTRON DONORS; WATER SPLITTING;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930929464     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.019     Document Type: Article

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