Surface Ti3+/ Ti4+ Redox Shuttle Enhancing Photocatalytic H2 Production in Ultrathin TiO2 Nanosheets/CdSe Quantum Dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 48, 2015, Pages 27053-27059

  Ji, Yunfang ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Chen, Huihui ^a   Zhang, Longshuai ^a   Chen, Song ^a   Hua, Mutian ^a   Long, Yuhan ^a   Chen, Zhuo ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSHEETS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYTIC SURFACES; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; FREE RADICAL PRODUCTIONS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84948651137     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09055     Document Type: Article

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