Solar-driven reforming of lignocellulose to H2 with a CdS/CdOx photocatalyst

Nature Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Wakerley, David W ^a   Kuehnel, Moritz F ^a   Orchard, Katherine L ^a   Ly, Khoa H ^a   Rosser, Timothy E ^a   Reisner, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; LIGNIN; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PRECIOUS METALS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AQUEOUS PROTONS; BASIC CONDITIONS; CADMIUM SULFIDE QUANTUM DOTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC REFORMING; RENEWABLE FUELS; SOLAR IRRADIATION; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT;

CELLULOSE;

EID: 85019625424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.21     Document Type: Article

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