Separación de agujeros de electrones mediada por defectos en capas de una unidad de célula ZnIn2S4 para la reducción

Xingchen Jiao1, Zongwei Chen1, Xiaodong Li1

  • 1Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials, Department of Physics, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science & Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.

Resumen

Los defectos en las capas atómicas pueden mejorar la reducción de CO2 solar. Los investigadores crearon capas atómicas ricas en vacíos de zinc ZnIn2S4, lo que aumentó significativamente la eficiencia y la estabilidad de la conversión de CO2.

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