High Efficiency Photoelectrocatalytic Methanol Oxidation on CdS Quantum Dots Sensitized Pt Electrode

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 5972-5980

  Zhai, Chunyang ^a   Zhu, Mingshan ^a,b   Pang, Fenzhi ^d   Bin, Duan ^c   Lu, Cheng ^b   Goh, M Cynthia ^b   Yang, Ping ^c   Du, Yukou ^a,c  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Suzhou Health College   (China)

Author keywords

cadmium sulfide; direct methanol fuel cells; photoelectrocatalysts; quantum dots; visible light

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CADMIUM SULFIDE QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCATALYSTS; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84960510412     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10234     Document Type: Article

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