Induced dipole moments in amorphous ZnCdS catalysts facilitate photocatalytic H2 evolution

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 indu...

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Main Authors: Xin Wang, Boyan Liu, Siqing Ma, Yingjuan Zhang, Lianzhou Wang, Gangqiang Zhu, Wei Huang, Songcan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47022-z