Graphene “bridge” in transferring hot electrons from plasmonic Ag nanocubes to TiO2 nanosheets for enhanced visible light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 220, Issue , 2018, Pages 182-190

  Lang, Qingqing ^a   Chen, Yaohan ^a   Huang, Tianlong ^a   Yang, Lining ^a   Zhong, Shuxian ^a   Wu, Lanju ^a   Chen, Jianrong ^a   Bai, Song ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Graphene; Hydrogen evolution; Photocatalysis; Plasmonics; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028086447     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.08.045     Document Type: Article

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