Quantum confinement controlled photocatalytic water splitting by suspended CdSe nanocrystals
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- Vol. 48 (3), 371-373
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cc16082f
Abstract
The photocatalytic hydrogen production of CdSe nanocrystals (1.75–4.81 nm) in the presence of aqueous sodium sulphite depends exponentially on the bandgap of the particles, confirming that the material’s activity is controlled by the degree of quantum confinement.Keywords
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