Partial Ion Exchange Derived 2D Cu-Zn-In-S Nanosheets as Sensitizers of 1D TiO2 Nanorods for Boosting Solar Water Splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 39, 2016, Pages 26235-26243

  Liu, Qiong ^a   Cao, Fengren ^a   Wu, Fangli ^a   Chen, Shimou ^c   Xiong, Jie ^b   Li, Liang ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Cu Zn In S; heterostructure; ion exchange; nanosheets; photoelectrochemical; TiO2; water splitting; ZnIn2S4

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

INTERFACE RECOMBINATION; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; WATER SPLITTING; ZNIN2S4;

ION EXCHANGE;

EID: 84990230096     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b08648     Document Type: Article

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