Heterostructured Au NPs/CdS/LaBTC MOFs photoanode for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting: Stability enhancement via CdSe QDs to 2D-CdS nanosheets transformation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 35, 2016, Pages 23049-23059

  Vaddipalli, Srinivasa Rao ^a   Sanivarapu, Suresh Reddy ^a   Vengatesan, Singaram ^a   Lawrence, John Berchmans ^a   Eashwar, Malayappan ^a   Sreedhar, Gosipathala ^a  

^a CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Au nanoparticles; CdSe quantum dots; La (1,3,5 BTC) (H2O)6; metal organic frameworks; photoelectrochemical water splitting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; ORGANOMETALLICS; STABILITY; SURFACE TREATMENT;

AU NANOPARTICLE; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; LIGHT HARVESTING PROPERTIES; MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; STABILITY ENHANCEMENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84986550381     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06851     Document Type: Article

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