Effective and Durable Co Single Atomic Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 49, 2017, Pages 42734-42741

  Zhao, Qi ^a   Yao, Weifeng ^a   Huang, Cunping ^b   Wu, Qiang ^a   Xu, Qunjie ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^b WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cocatalyst; nitrogen doped graphene; photocatalysis; single atom; water splitting

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EFFICIENCY; GRAPHENE; METALS; NITROGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLATINUM; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

COCATALYST; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION COSTS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SINGLE ATOMS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85038215704     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b13566     Document Type: Article

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