Facile fabrication of S-TiO2/β-SiC nanocomposite photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution under visible light irradiation

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 245-253

  Mishra, Gopa ^a,b   Parida, K M ^a,c   Singh, S K ^a,b  

^a ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c SIKSHA O ANUSANDHAN DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

H2 evolution; Heterojunction; S doped TiO2 SiC; visible light harvesting

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; FABRICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SILICON CARBIDE; SOL-GELS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; H2 EVOLUTION; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; S-DOPED; UV-VISIBLE DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84961287972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500570k     Document Type: Article

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