Enriching Photoelectrons via Three Transition Channels in Amino-Conjugated Carbon Quantum Dots to Boost Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 14118-14124

  Xu, Xiaoyong ^a,b   Bao, Zhijia ^a   Zhou, Gang ^a   Zeng, Haibo ^b   Hu, Jingguo ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon quantum dots; hydrogen evolution; hydrothermal method; photocatalysis; photoelectron kinetics

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BLUE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; CARBON QUANTUM DOTS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84974853762     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02961     Document Type: Article

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