Tuning Cu dopant of Zn0.5Cd0.5S nanocrystals enables high-performance photocatalytic H2 evolution from water splitting under visible-light irradiation

Nano Energy

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages 405-416

  Mei, Zongwei ^a   Zhang, Bingkai ^a   Zheng, Jiaxin ^a   Yuan, Sheng ^a   Zhuo, Zengqing ^a,b   Meng, Xianguang ^c   Chen, Zonghai ^d   Amine, Khalil ^a,d   Yang, Wanli ^a,b   Wang, Lin Wang ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^a   Wang, Shufeng ^a   Gong, Qihuang ^a   Li, Jun ^e   Liu, Fu Sheng ^f   Pan, Feng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics   (Japan)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cu dopant; Mechanism; Photocatalytic H2 evolution; Visible light; Water splitting; Zn0.5Cd0.5S

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MECHANISMS; NANOCRYSTALS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS; SOFT X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER SPLITTING;

LIGHT;

EID: 84973363517     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.05.051     Document Type: Article

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