ZnO/ZnS heterostructures for hydrogen production by photoelectrochemical water splitting

RSC Advances

Volumn 6, Issue 36, 2016, Pages 30425-30435

  Sanchez Tovar R ^a   Fernandez Domene R M ^a   Montanes M T ^a   Sanz Marco, A ^a   Garcia Anton J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GLYCEROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; NANOTUBULAR MORPHOLOGY; PHOTO-STABILITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85009080823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6ra03501a     Document Type: Article

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