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ArticleNature communications2024

Induced dipole moments in amorphous ZnCdS catalysts facilitate photocatalytic H

Xin Wang, Boyan Liu, Siqing Ma, Yingjuan Zhang, Lianzhou Wang, Gangqiang Zhu, Wei Huang, Songcan Wang

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Xin WangFrontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China.
Boyan LiuFrontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China.
Siqing MaFrontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China.
Yingjuan ZhangFrontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China.
Lianzhou WangNanomaterials Centre, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia. l.wang@uq.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5947-306X
Gangqiang ZhuSchool of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, China. zgq2006@snnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5708-9446
Wei HuangFrontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China. iamwhuang@nwpu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7004-6408
Songcan WangFrontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China. iamscwang@nwpu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3848-1191

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52372292
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amorphous semiconductors without perfect crystalline lattice structures are usually considered to be unfavorable for photocatalysis due to the presence of enriched trap states and defects. Here we demonstrate that breaking long-range atomic order in an amorphous ZnCdS photocatalyst can induce dipole moments and generate strong electric fields within the particles which facilitates charge separation and transfer. Loading 1 wt.% of low-cost Co-MoS

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PMID38521830
PMCPMC10960824

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