Bandgap engineering of ternary sulfide nanocrystals by solution proton alloying for efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution

Nano Energy

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages 577-585

  Hu, Peng ^a,b   Ngaw, Chee Keong ^c   Yuan, Yupeng ^d   Bassi, Prince Saurabh ^a   Joachim Loo, Say Chye ^a   Yang Tan, Timothy Thatt ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^d ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bandgap engineering; Hydrogen revolution; Photocatalyst; Proton alloying; Ternary sulfide

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; HEAVY METALS; METAL IONS; METALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TUNING;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; TERNARY SULFIDE; TOXIC HEAVY METALS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84975260827     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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