Combining Heterojunction Engineering with Surface Cocatalyst Modification to Synergistically Enhance the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Performance of Cadmium Sulfide Nanorods

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 7670-7677

  Wang, Peifang ^a   Wu, Tengfei ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Hou, Jun ^a   Qian, Jin ^a   Ao, Yanhui ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdS; g C3N4; Noble metal free cocatalyst; Visible light; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIOUS METALS;

COCATALYST; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; G-C3N4; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; VISIBLE LIGHT; WATER SPLITTING;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 85028840592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01043     Document Type: Article

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