Structural dependence of photocatalytic hydrogen production over La/Cr co-doped perovskite compound ATiO3 (A = Ca, Sr and Ba)

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 42, Issue 37, 2017, Pages 23539-23547

  Lu, Lingwei ^a   Ni, Shuang ^b   Liu, Gang ^c   Xu, Xiaoxiang ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Doping; Perovskite; Photocatalyst; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

BOND LENGTH; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL DEPENDENCE; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; WATER SPLITTING;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 85011874542     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.01.064     Document Type: Article

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