Issue 44, 2016

Significant enhancement of photocatalytic water splitting enabled by elimination of surface traps in Pt-tipped CdSe nanorods

Abstract

Pt-tipped CdSe nanorods epitaxially passivated with atomic-level CdS shells have been synthesized and have significantly improved the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution efficiency by 6.5 times. The enhancement is due to the effective elimination of surface defects/trap states in the CdSe nanorods, thereby minimizing exciton recombination and maximizing the charge separation efficiency.

Graphical abstract: Significant enhancement of photocatalytic water splitting enabled by elimination of surface traps in Pt-tipped CdSe nanorods

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Sep 2016
Accepted
21 Oct 2016
First published
21 Oct 2016

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 18621-18625

Significant enhancement of photocatalytic water splitting enabled by elimination of surface traps in Pt-tipped CdSe nanorods

K. D. Rasamani, Z. Li and Y. Sun, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 18621 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR06902A

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