A novel Bi2S3 nanowire @ TiO2 nanorod heterogeneous nanostructure for photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 302, Issue , 2016, Pages 717-724

  Liu, Canjun ^a,b   Yang, Yahui ^c   Li, Wenzhang ^a,b   Li, Jie ^a,b   Li, Yaomin ^d   Chen, Qiyuan ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Metallurgy and Material Processing of Rare Metals   (China)

^c HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bi2S3 nanowire; Heterogeneous nanostructure; Hydrogen generation; Photoelectrochemical; TiO2 nanorod

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FILM PREPARATION; HYDROGEN; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

GROWTH MECHANISMS; GROWTH ORIENTATIONS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION RATE; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; INTRINSIC NATURE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PREPARATION METHOD;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84971654802     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.05.126     Document Type: Article

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