Towards full-spectrum photocatalysis: Achieving a Z-scheme between Ag2S and TiO2 by engineering energy band alignment with interfacial Ag

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3621-3629

  Li, Yanrui ^a   Li, Leilei ^a   Gong, Yunqi ^a   Bai, Song ^a   Ju, Huanxin ^a   Wang, Chengming ^a   Xu, Qian ^a   Zhu, Junfa ^a   Jiang, Jun ^a   Xiong, Yujie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

band structure; photocatalysis; semiconductor; water splitting; Z scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946489850     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0862-3     Document Type: Article

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