Single-Pot Synthesis of 〈001〉-Faceted N-Doped Nb2O5/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 17954-17962

  Qamar, M ^a   Abdalwadoud, M ^a   Ahmed, M I ^a   Azad, A M ^a   Merzougui, B ^b   Bukola, S ^a   Yamani, Z H ^a   Siddiqui, M N ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

nonaqueous synthesis; semiconductor photocatalyst; solvothermal; sunlight; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); NANOCATALYSTS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; NIOBIUM OXIDE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

NON-AQUEOUS SYNTHESIS; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST; SOLVOTHERMAL; SUNLIGHT; WATER SPLITTING;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84939787829     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04667     Document Type: Article

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