H:ZnO Nanorod-Based Photoanode Sensitized by CdS and Carbon Quantum Dots for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 24323-24331

  Vuong, Nguyen Minh ^a,c   Reynolds, John Logan ^b   Conte, Eric ^b   Lee, Yong Ill ^a  

^a Changwon National University   (South Korea)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Quy Nhon University   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC LAMPS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED DEVICES; ITO GLASS; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SODIUM; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SUBSTRATES; TIN OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CADMIUM SULFIDE NANOPARTICLE; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; INDIUM-TIN-OXIDE GLASS SUBSTRATES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SATURATED CALOMEL ELECTRODE; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE ABSORPTION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84946040767     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08724     Document Type: Article

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