Enhance photoelectrochemical hydrogen-generation activity and stability of TiO2 nanorod arrays sensitized by PbS and CdS quantum dots under UV-visible light

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Li, Lei ^a   Dai, Haitao ^a   Feng, Liefeng ^a   Luo, Dan ^b   Wang, Shuguo ^a   Sun, Xiaowei ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hydrogen generation; Photoelectrochemical; Solar water splitting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; HOLE ACCUMULATION; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; VALENCE BAND OFFSETS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84945132332     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-1129-3     Document Type: Article

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