Cadmium sulfide and nickel synergetic co-catalysts supported on graphitic carbon nitride for visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yue, Xinzheng ^a   Yi, Shasha ^a   Wang, Runwei ^a   Zhang, Zongtao ^a   Qiu, Shilun ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84988603118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22268     Document Type: Article

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