Photocatalytic hydrogen production of the CdS/TiO2-WO3 ternary hybrid under visible light irradiation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1667-1672

  Chen, Yi Lin ^a   Lo, Shang Lien ^a   Chang, Hsiang Ling ^a   Yeh, Hsiao Mei ^a   Sun, Liping ^b   Oiu, Chunsheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TIANJIN CHENGJIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Photocatalysis; Ternary hybrid; Titanium nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BINS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; YARN;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; RENEWABLE HYDROGENS; SACRIFICIAL AGENTS; TERNARY HYBRID; VISIBLE LIGHT DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; PLATINUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NANOTUBE; OXIDE; SULFIDE; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN OXIDE;

CADMIUM; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; PLATINUM; SOLAR POWER; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; FORMATES; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; NANOTUBES; OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SULFIDES; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84964042600     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.639     Document Type: Article

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