In situ preparation of few-layered WS2 nanosheets and exfoliation into bilayers on CdS nanorods for ultrafast charge carrier migrations toward enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production

Journal of Catalysis

Volumn 351, Issue , 2017, Pages 153-160

  Gopannagari, Madhusudana ^a   Kumar, D Praveen ^a   Reddy, D Amaranatha ^a   Hong, Sangyeob ^a   Song, Myeong In ^a   Kim, Tae Kyu ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active sites; Bilayers; Charge transfer; Hydrogen production; Photocatalysis; WS2 nanosheets

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRADIATION; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIOUS METALS; TRANSITION METALS;

ACTIVE SITE; BI-LAYER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IN-SITU PREPARATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SIMULATED SOLAR LIGHT; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES (TMD);

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85019416295     PISSN: 00219517     EISSN: 10902694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2017.04.016     Document Type: Article

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