Mesoporous silicon carbide nanofibers with in situ embedded carbon for co-catalyst free photocatalytic hydrogen production

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 886-898

  Wang, Bing ^a   Wang, Yingde ^a   Lei, Yongpeng ^a   Wu, Nan ^a   Gou, Yanzi ^a   Han, Cheng ^a   Xie, Song ^a   Fang, Dong ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon; co catalyst free; hydrogen production; photocatalyst; silicon carbide

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION; CHARGE CARRIERS; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIOUS METALS; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CO CATALYSTS; ELECTROSPUN CARBON NANOFIBERS; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION EFFICIENCY; PHOTO-ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; THERMAL/CHEMICAL STABILITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84959507243     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0971-z     Document Type: Article

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