Toward Facet Engineering of CdS Nanocrystals and Their Shape-Dependent Photocatalytic Activities

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 20555-20560

  Wang, Xixi ^a   Liu, Maochang ^a   Zhou, Zhaohui ^a   Guo, Liejin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CDS NANOCRYSTALS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SYNTHESIS KINETICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

EID: 84940871446     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07370     Document Type: Article

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