Constructing 2D layered hybrid CdS nanosheets/MoS 2 heterojunctions for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic H 2 generation

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 391, Issue , 2017, Pages 580-591

  Ma, Song ^a   Xie, Jun ^a   Wen, Jiuqing ^a   He, Kelin ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xiangchao ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2D layered heterojunctions; CdS nanosheets; Hydrogen evolution; MoS 2; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LACTIC ACID; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSHEETS; SODIUM SULFIDE; SOLUTIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

COUPLING INTERFACES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; MOS2; PHOTOCATALYTIC H2 EVOLUTION; SACRIFICIAL REAGENT; TWO-STEP HYDROTHERMAL METHOD; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84979626636     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.07.067     Document Type: Article

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