Photocatalytic hydrogen production using twinned nanocrystals and an unanchored NiSxco-catalyst

Nature Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Maochang ^a   Chen, Yubin ^a   Su, Jinzhan ^a   Shi, Jinwen ^a   Wang, Xixi ^a   Guo, Liejin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; NANOCATALYSTS; NICKEL SULFATES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; REACTION RATES; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE REACTIONS;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; HOLE SCAVENGER; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOGENERATION; REACTION SOLUTIONS; SOLAR-HYDROGEN GENERATION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85013791643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.151     Document Type: Article

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