MoS2/CdS Nanosheets-on-Nanorod Heterostructure for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Generation under Visible Light Irradiation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 15258-15266

  Yin, Xing Liang ^a,b   Li, Lei Lei ^c   Jiang, Wen Jie ^a,b   Zhang, Yun ^a   Zhang, Xiang ^a   Wan, Li Jun ^a,b   Hu, Jin Song ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cadmium sulfide; HER; molybdenum sulfide; nanostructures; solar conversion

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LIGHT; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIOUS METALS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; MOLYBDENUM SULFIDE; PARTIALLY CRYSTALLINE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE NANORODS; VISIBLE LIGHT DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84976448170     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02687     Document Type: Article

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