High activity of hot electrons from bulk 3D graphene materials for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production

Nano Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1662-1672

  Lu, Yanhong ^a,b   Ma, Bo ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Huang, Erwei ^a   Ge, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Tengfei ^a   Zhang, Suling ^b   Li, Landong ^a   Guan, Naijia ^a   Ma, Yanfeng ^a   Chen, Yongsheng ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Langfang Teachers University   (China)

Author keywords

graphene; hot electron; hydrogen production; TiO2; water splitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON EMISSION; GRAPHENE; HOT ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBON BASED MATERIALS; ELECTRON EMISSION MECHANISM; FULL-SPECTRUM LIGHT; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; TIO2; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85014043243     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1390-5     Document Type: Article

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