One-Step Solvothermal Synthesis of Petalous Carbon-Coated Cu+-Doped CdS Nanocomposites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

Langmuir

Volumn 33, Issue 27, 2017, Pages 6719-6726

  He, Bin ^a   Liu, Ren ^a   Ren, Jiabin ^a   Tang, Caijian ^a   Zhong, Yijun ^a   Hu, Yong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; EFFICIENCY; METAL IONS; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85022325804     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01450     Document Type: Article

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