Robust Wide Visible-Light-Responsive Photoactivity for H2 Production over a Polymer/Polymer Heterojunction Photocatalyst: The Significance of Sacrificial Reagent

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1501-1509

  Zhang, Xiaohu ^a   Peng, Bosi ^a   Zhang, Shuai ^a   Peng, Tianyou ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Polymer polymer heterojunction catalyst; Robust photoactivity; Sacrificial reagent; Wide visible light response

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBON NITRIDE; CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; POLYMERS;

GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; PHOTOACTIVITY; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; SACRIFICIAL REAGENT; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSIVE; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSE; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

LIGHT;

EID: 84936769825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00211     Document Type: Article

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