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CdS: Phosphine‐Free, Low‐Temperature Synthesis of Tetrapod‐Shaped CdS and Its Hybrid with Au Nanoparticles (Small 22/2014)

Yaping Du, Bo Chen, Zongyou Yin, Zhengqing Liu, Hua Zhang

Small· Volume 10· Issue 22
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Abstract

An efficient photoelectrochemical cell for water splitting based on tetrapod-shaped CdS nanocrystals is reported by H. Zhang and co-workers on page 4727. The tetrapod-shaped CdS nanocrystals with tunable arm lengths and diameters are synthesized via a facile, phosphine-free, solution-based chemical method. Introducing tetrapod-shaped CdS nanocrystals with longer arm lengths provides less branch connection points/junctions, which probably trap and block the transportation of photoexcited electrons/holes, resulting in promising photocatalytic activity for water splitting in photoelectrochemical cells.
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NanomaterialsCatalysis & surfaces

OpenAlex topics: Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties · Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

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Affiliations

Frontier Institute of Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology jointly with College of Science Xi'an Jiaotong University 99 Yanxiang Road Yanta District Xi'an Shaanxi Province 710054 China

School of Materials Science and Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue 639798 Singapore

3 Environmental Chemistry and Materials Group Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute Interdisciplinary Graduate School Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798 Singapore

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