Susceptible Surface Sulfide Regulates Catalytic Activity of CdSe Quantum Dots for Hydrogen Photogeneration

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 31; no. 7; pp. e1804872 - n/a
• Main Authors: Fan, Xiang‐Bing, Yu, Shan, Wang, Xian, Li, Zhi‐Jun, Zhan, Fei, Li, Jia‐Xin, Gao, Yu‐ji, Xia, An‐Dong, Tao, Ye, Li, Xu‐Bing, Zhang, Li‐Ping, Tung, Chen‐Ho, Wu, Li‐Zhu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2019
• Subjects: Cadmium selenides; Catalysis; Catalytic activity; Electron transfer; Hydrogen evolution; Hydrogen production; Ligands; Materials science; Photocatalysis; Quantum dots; Surface properties; surface regulation; quantum dots; surface regulation; hydrogen evolution; photocatalysis

Semiconducting quantum dots (QDs) have recently triggered a huge interest in constructing efficient hydrogen production systems. It is well established that a large fraction of surface atoms of QDs need ligands to stabilize and avoid them from aggregating. However, the influence of the surface prope...