Ligand removal from CdS quantum dots for enhanced photocatalytic H2 generation in pH neutral water


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Authors
Chang, CM 
Orchard, KL 
Martindale, BCM 
Abstract

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of CdS QDs is 175 times higher in pH neutral water when surface capping ligands are removed.

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Keywords
40 Engineering, 34 Chemical Sciences, 3406 Physical Chemistry, 4018 Nanotechnology
Journal Title
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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Journal ISSN
2050-7488
2050-7496
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Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H00338X/2)
We gratefully acknowledge the following funding sources: The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (CMC), the Advanced Institute for Materials Research-­‐Cambridge Joint Research Centre (KLO), the Ernest Oppenheimer Fund, Cambridge (BCMM), and the EPSRC (EP/H00338X/2; ER).