Extraordinarily efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in water using semiconductor nanorods integrated with crystalline Ni2P cocatalysts

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Zijun Sun · Materials Science & Engineering

Huafei Zheng · Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials

Jingshi Li · University of Science and Technology of China

Pingwu Du · Materials Science & Engineering

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A hybrid structure constructed by uniformly anchoring crystalline Ni2P cocatalyst on 1D CdS nanorods exhibits extraordinarily efficient photocatalytic activity for H2 evolution in water (rate of 1,200 μmol h−1 mg−1 and TOF of 36,400 h−1 per mol Ni2P) under visible light irradiation.

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Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

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Published in: Energy & Environmental Science

Volume 8, Issue 9, pp. 2668-2676

DOI: 10.1039/c5ee01310k

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Extraordinarily efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in water using semiconductor nanorods integrated with crystalline Ni<sub>2</sub>P cocatalysts

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