ZnO/ZnS-Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel for Photocatalytic H2-Generation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. ZnOS Nanoparticles (NP) Synthesis
3.2. Fabrication of PVA-ZnOS Hydrogels
3.3. Characterizations
3.4. Photocatalysis
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Poliukhova, V.; Lei, W.; Khan, S.; Tae, E.L.; Suzuki, N.; Terashima, C.; Fujishima, A.; Katsumata, K.-I.; Cho, S.-H. ZnO/ZnS-Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel for Photocatalytic H2-Generation. Catalysts 2022, 12, 272. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12030272
Poliukhova V, Lei W, Khan S, Tae EL, Suzuki N, Terashima C, Fujishima A, Katsumata K-I, Cho S-H. ZnO/ZnS-Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel for Photocatalytic H2-Generation. Catalysts. 2022; 12(3):272. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12030272
Chicago/Turabian StylePoliukhova, Valeriia, Wenwei Lei, Sovann Khan, Eunju Lee Tae, Norihiro Suzuki, Chiaki Terashima, Akira Fujishima, Ken-Ichi Katsumata, and So-Hye Cho. 2022. "ZnO/ZnS-Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel for Photocatalytic H2-Generation" Catalysts 12, no. 3: 272. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12030272