J. Phys. Chem. 1986, 90, 824-834
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Photochemical Hydrogen Production with Platinized Suspensions of Cadmium Sulfide and Cadmium Zinc Sulfide Modified by Sliver Sulfide Jean-Frangois Reber*1
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Milos Rusek
Ciba-Geigy, Central Research Laboratories, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland (Received: May 14, 1985)
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An efficient hydrogen production can be achieved by irradiating suspensions of platinized CdS in solutions of S2~ and/or S032' ions. However, the photocatalytic activity of CdS powders strongly depends on their specific surface area. Only CdS photocatalysts with very low (