Double-Shelled CdS- and CdSe-Cosensitized ZnO Porous Nanotube Arrays for Superior Photoelectrocatalytic Applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 16387-16394

  Kuang, Pan Yong ^a   Su, Yu Zhi ^a   Xiao, Kang ^a   Liu, Zhao Qing ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Wang, Hong Juan ^a   Zhang, Jun ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cosensitization effect; double shelled; organic pollutants degradation; porous nanotube; ZnO CdS CdSe

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANORODS; NANOTUBES; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; YARN; ZINC OXIDE;

CO-SENSITIZATION; DOUBLE-SHELLED; ORGANIC POLLUTANT DEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; POROUS NANOTUBES; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; ZNO;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84938632399     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03527     Document Type: Article

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