Artificial photosynthetic Z-scheme photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution with high quantum efficiency

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 107-114

  Guo, Hong Li ^a   Du, Hong ^a   Jiang, Yi Fan ^a   Jiang, Nan ^a   Shen, Cong Cong ^a   Zhou, Xiao ^a   Liu, Ya Nan ^a   Xu, An Wu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANORODS; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NANO-HETEROSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; TIME-RESOLVED PL SPECTRA; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85021692493     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b10013     Document Type: Article

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