Combining photocatalytic hydrogen generation and capsule storage in graphene based sandwich structures

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Yang, Li ^a   Li, Xiyu ^a   Zhang, Guozhen ^a   Cui, Peng ^a   Wang, Xijun ^a   Jiang, Xiang ^a,b   Zhao, Jin ^a,b   Luo, Yi ^a,b   Jiang, Jun ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; WATER;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRITE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; LIGHT; MOLECULE; PERMEABILITY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STORAGE;

EID: 85022204365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16049     Document Type: Article

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