Homologous Compounds ZnnIn2O3+n (n = 4, 5, and 7) Containing Laminated Functional Groups as Efficient Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 42, 2016, Pages 28700-28708

  Lv, Meilin ^a   Liu, Gang ^b   Xu, Xiaoxiang ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

homologous compounds; layered materials; orbital hybridizations; photocatalyst; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

HOMOLOGOUS COMPOUNDS; LAYERED MATERIAL; ORBITAL HYBRIDIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER SPLITTING;

ZINC;

EID: 84993990030     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b10951     Document Type: Article

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