Highly Efficient Photocatalyst Based on a CdS Quantum Dots/ZnO Nanosheets 0D/2D Heterojunction for Hydrogen Evolution from Water Splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 30, 2017, Pages 25377-25386

  Ma, Dandan ^a   Shi, Jian Wen ^a   Zou, Yajun ^a   Fan, Zhaoyang ^a   Ji, Xin ^a   Niu, Chunming ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

H2 evolution; heterojunction; photocatalysis; quantum dots; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; ZINC OXIDE;

FLOWER-LIKE STRUCTURES; H2 EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION RATE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; WATER SPLITTING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 85026820066     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b08407     Document Type: Article

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