B-doped 3C-SiC nanowires with a finned microstructure for efficient visible light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production
- 20 April 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Nanoscale
- Vol. 7 (19), 8955-8961
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr01742d
Abstract
B-doped 3C-SiC nanowires with a finned microstructure have been synthesized. Due to the smaller band gap, the finned microstructure, and the single crystalline nature, the B-doped 3C-SiC nanowires demonstrate efficient activity as high as 108.4 μmol h−1g−1for H2production.Keywords
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