In2S3 nanoparticles dispersed on g-C3N4 nanosheets: role of heterojunctions in photoinduced charge transfer and photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic performance

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 7077-7090

  Kokane, Sanjay B ^a   Sasikala, R ^b   Phase, D M ^c   Sartale, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CHARGE CARRIERS; DYES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

EID: 85014082614     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-017-0940-x     Document Type: Article

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