Highly efficient sustainable photocatalytic Z-scheme hydrogen production from an Α-Fe2O3 engineered ZnCdS heterostructure

Journal of Catalysis

Volumn 353, Issue , 2017, Pages 81-88

  Imran, M ^a   Yousaf, Ammar Bin ^a,b   Kasak, Peter ^b   Zeb, Akif ^a   Zaidi, Syed Javaid ^b  

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

^b Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Photocatalysis; Z scheme water splitting; Zn0.4Cd0.6S; Fe2O3

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; UTILIZATION OF SOLAR LIGHT; WATER SPLITTING; ZN0.4CD0.6S;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85026364105     PISSN: 00219517     EISSN: 10902694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2017.06.019     Document Type: Article

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