Bare Cd1-xZnxS ZB/WZ Heterophase Nanojunctions for Visible Light Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production with High Efficiency

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 37, 2016, Pages 24550-24558

  Du, Hong ^a,b   Liang, Kuang ^a   Yuan, Cheng Zong ^a   Guo, Hong Li ^a   Zhou, Xiao ^a   Jiang, Yi Fan ^a   Xu, An Wu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b XINJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

l cysteine; noble free cocatalyst; photocatalytic H2 production; visible light; ZB WZ heterophase junctions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER LIFETIME; EFFICIENCY; LIGANDS; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEPARATION; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

COCATALYST; L-CYSTEINE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84988664230     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06182     Document Type: Article

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