Redox shuttle mechanism enhances photocatalytic H2 generation on ni-decorated CdS nanorods

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1013-1018

  Simon, Thomas ^a,b   Bouchonville, Nicolas ^a,b   Berr, Maximilian J ^a,b   Vaneski, Aleksandar ^c   Adrovic, Asmir ^a,b   Volbers, David ^a,b   Wyrwich, Regina ^a   Döblinger, Markus ^a,b   Susha, Andrei S ^c   Rogach, Andrey L ^c   Jäckel, Frank ^a,b,d   Stolarczyk, Jacek K ^a,b   Feldmann, Jochen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NANOSYSTEMS INITIATIVE MUNICH NIM   (Germany)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANORODS; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

COLLOIDAL SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; FORMATION RATES; GENERATION RATE; HYDROXYL ANIONS; LASER ILLUMINATION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOEXCITED HOLES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84983501569     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NMAT4049     Document Type: Letter

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