Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic H2 Evolution from Water on Noble-Metal-Free CdS-Nanoparticle-Dispersed Mo2C@C Nanospheres

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 5449-5456

  Pan, Yun Xiang ^a,b   Peng, Jun Bao ^a   Xin, Sen ^c   You, Ya ^c   Men, Yu Long ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Duan, Ming Yu ^a   Cui, Yu ^a   Sun, Zheng Qing ^a   Song, Jie ^d  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charge separation; H2; Molybdenum carbide; Visible light driven photocatalysis; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARBIDES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; H2; MOLYBDENUM CARBIDE; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN; WATER SPLITTING;

LIGHT;

EID: 85020166447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00787     Document Type: Article

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