Facile transfer of surface plasmon electrons of Au-NPs to Zn<sub>3</sub>V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub>surfaces: a case study of sunlight driven H<sub>2</sub>generation from water splitting
Muhammad Abdul Jalil, Khezina Rafiq, Muhammad Zeeshan Abid, Abdul Rauf, Shuxin Wang, Shahid Iqbal, Ejaz Hussain
Abstract
For future energy perspectives, an effective way to produce H 2 from water splitting is suggested using Zn 3 V 2 O 8 photocatalyst as a semiconductor support.
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