Enhanced Photocarrier Separation in Hierarchical Graphitic-C3N4-Supported CuInS2 for Noble-Metal-Free Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Water Splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 29, 2017, Pages 24577-24583

  Li, Xiaoxue ^a   Xie, Keyu ^b   Song, Long ^a   Zhao, Mengjia ^a   Zhang, Zhipan ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

copper indium sulfide; graphitic carbon nitride; hydrogen generation; photocatalytic water splitting; Z scheme

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CARBON; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INDIUM SULFIDE; LIGHT; SEPARATION;

COPPER INDIUM SULFIDES; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; Z-SCHEME;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 85026306844     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b06030     Document Type: Article

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