Ti3C2 MXene co-catalyst on metal sulfide photo-absorbers for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen production

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Ran, Jingrun ^a   Gao, Guoping ^b   Li, Fa Tang ^a,c   Ma, Tian Yi ^a   Du, Aijun ^b   Qiao, Shi Zhang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MXENE COMPOUND; NANOPARTICLE; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; TITANIUM CARBIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC SULFIDE;

CADMIUM; CATALYST; DESIGN METHOD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; SULFIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; STEADY STATE; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE CHARGE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85008411869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13907     Document Type: Article

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