Solar Hydrogen Production from Zinc Telluride Photocathode Modified with Carbon and Molybdenum Sulfide

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 7748-7755

  Jang, Youn Jeong ^a   Lee, Jaehyuk ^a,c   Lee, Jinwoo ^a   Lee, Jae Sung ^b  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon protection layer; molybdenum sulfide; photocathode; photoelectrochemical hydrogen production; zinc telluride

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; IMPROVED ACTIVITIES; MOLYBDENUM SULFIDE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PROTECTION LAYERS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; ZINC TELLURIDES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84963864285     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07575     Document Type: Article

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