Efficient and Stable Silicon Photocathodes Coated with Vertically Standing Nano-MoS2 Films for Solar Hydrogen Production

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 6123-6129

  Fan, Ronglei ^a   Mao, Jie ^a   Yin, Zhihao ^a   Jie, Jiansheng ^a   Dong, Wen ^a   Fang, Liang ^a   Zheng, Fengang ^a   Shen, Mingrong ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al2O3 layer; MoS2 catalyst; photocathode; photoelectrochemical properties; silicon

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CATALYSTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SILICON; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

HYDROGEN ENERGY; LIGHT-HARVESTING; ONSET POTENTIAL; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SPUTTERING METHODS; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85013797157     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b15854     Document Type: Article

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