CdS Nanorods Coupled with WS2 Nanosheets for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 55, Issue 30, 2016, Pages 8327-8333

  He, Jie ^a   Chen, Lang ^a   Yi, Zi Qi ^a   Au, Chak Tong ^b   Yin, Shuang Feng ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS;

CDS NANOROD; DISPERSING AGENT; EVOLUTION OF HYDROGENS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; MASS RATIO; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 84982729716     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b01511     Document Type: Article

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