Profound influence of surface trap states on the utilization of charge carriers in CdS photoanodes
Elif Öykü Alagöz, Hadi Jahangiri, Sarp Kaya
Abstract
In CdS photoanodes, the decoration of surface sulfur vacancies by CTAB passivates the electron trapping process, resulting in improved photoelectrochemical water oxidation performance.
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