Photocatalytic CdSe QDs-decorated ZnO nanotubes: an effective photoelectrode for splitting water.

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  • Neelu Chouhan
  • Chai Ling Yeh
  • Shu-Fen Hu
  • Ru-Shi Liu
  • Wen-Sheng Chang
  • Kuei-Hsien Chen
چکیده

Arrays of ZnO nanorods (NRs) were successfully converted into nanotubes (NTs), used as photoelectrodes in photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells after their sensitization with CdSe quantum dots (QDs) and a strong correlation between the PEC performance and geometrical structure of ZnO NTs@CdSe(QDs) and ZnO NRs@CdSe(QDs) was established under the same conditions.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chemical communications

دوره 47 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011