Constructing a MoS2 QDs/CdS core/shell flowerlike nanosphere hierarchical heterostructure for the enhanced stability and photocatalytic activity

Molecules

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Liang, Shijing ^a,b   Zhou, Zhouming ^a   Wu, Xiuqin ^a   Zhu, Shuying ^a   Bi, Jinhong ^a   Zhou, Limin ^b   Liu, Minghua ^a   Wu, Ling ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CdS based composite; Core shell structure; MoS2 QDs; Photocatalysis; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; DISULFIDE; HYDROGEN; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; NANOSPHERE; QUANTUM DOT;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; DISULFIDES; HYDROGEN; MOLYBDENUM; NANOSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84964478807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules21020213     Document Type: Article

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