CdSe/CdS Nanorod Photocatalysts: Tuning the Interfacial Charge Transfer Process through Shell Length

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5064-5071

  Bridewell, Victoria L ^a,b   Alam, Rabeka ^a   Karwacki, Christopher J ^c   Kamat, Prashant V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; NANORODS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENHANCED EMISSION; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC SYSTEMS; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR NANORODS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

EID: 84937852467     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01689     Document Type: Article

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