JOURNAL ARTICLE

Core–shell amorphous cobalt phosphide/cadmium sulfide semiconductor nanorods for exceptional photocatalytic hydrogen production under visible light

Zijun SunBihu LvJingshi LiMin XiaoXiaoyong WangPingwu Du

Year: 2015 Journal:   Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol: 4 (5)Pages: 1598-1602   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

We report that a photocatalyst made of amorphous cobalt phosphide (CoPx) integrated with CdS NRs for H2 production under visible light. The CoPx/CdS NRs gave an apparent quantum yield at ∼35% (λ = 450 nm).

Keywords:
Phosphide Cadmium sulfide Nanorod Photocatalysis Materials science Amorphous solid Cobalt Hydrogen production Visible spectrum Quantum yield Cobalt sulfide Nanotechnology Hydrogen Catalysis Chemistry Optics Optoelectronics Crystallography Physical chemistry Metallurgy Metal Physics Organic chemistry

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