Hexagonal Planar CdS Monolayer Sheet for Visible Light Photocatalysis

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 7052-7060

  Garg, Priyanka ^a   Kumar, Sourabh ^a   Choudhuri, Indrani ^a   Mahata, Arup ^a   Pathak, Biswarup ^a,b  

^a Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INDORE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CATALYSIS; LIGHT; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

BAND EDGE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; STATE OF THE ART; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS; WATER OXIDATION;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 84964529919     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01622     Document Type: Article

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