@article{discovery10086224, title = {Improved visible-light activities of nanocrystalline CdS by coupling with ultrafine NbN with lattice matching for hydrogen evolution}, year = {2018}, publisher = {ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY}, journal = {Sustainable Energy \& Fuels}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {549--552}, volume = {2}, note = {This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1039/c7se00610a}, abstract = {Metallic ultrafine NbN with lattice matching to nanocrystalline CdS could replace the expensive platinum for efficiently trapping photogenerated electrons, enhancing charge separation and then activating the preferentially adsorbed H\_\{2\}O to produce H\_\{2\}, mainly confirmed by Kelvin probe experiments, Mott-Schottky plots, amount of ?OH produced, electrochemical experiments and density-functional-theory calculations.}, author = {Qu, Y and Sun, N and Humayun, M and Zada, A and Xie, Y and Tang, J and Jing, L and Fu, H} }