Network of Heterogeneous Catalyst Arrays on the Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for Synergistic Solar Energy Harvesting of Hydrogen from Water

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 7725-7730

  Shin, Sang Rim ^a   Park, Jung Hyo ^a   Kim, Keon Han ^a   Choi, Kyung Min ^b   Kang, Jeung Ku ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY HARVESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NETWORK LAYERS; NITROGEN; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; METAL AND METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE ARRAY; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84994700588     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b02780     Document Type: Article

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