A stable and efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution system based on covalently linked silicon-phthalocyanine-graphene with surfactant

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 27, 2016, Pages 11537-11546

  Xiao, Bin ^a   Zhu, Mingshan ^b   Li, Xia ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Qiu, Liqun ^b   Lu, Cheng ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Covalently linked graphene; Hydrogen evolution; Silicon phthalocyanine; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; QUENCHING; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOINDUCED ENERGY TRANSFER; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84960845158     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.11.166     Document Type: Article

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