Metallic 1T-LixMoS2 Cocatalyst Significantly Enhanced the Photocatalytic H2 Evolution over Cd0.5Zn0.5S Nanocrystals under Visible Light Irradiation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 4023-4030

  Du, Hong ^a,b   Guo, Hong Li ^a   Liu, Ya Nan ^a   Xie, Xiao ^a   Liang, Kuang ^a   Zhou, Xiao ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Xu, An Wu ^a  

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

^b XINJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

1T LixMoS2 Cd0.5Zn0.5S nanojunctions; clean energy; metallic phase; noble free cocatalyst; photocatalytic H2 production; renewable energy; visible light; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT; LITHIUM; METALS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLUTIONS; ZINC;

CLEAN ENERGY; COCATALYST; METALLIC PHASE; NANOJUNCTIONS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; VISIBLE LIGHT; WATER SPLITTING;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84959019639     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11377     Document Type: Article

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