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Due to its high light absorption coefficient and appropriate bandgap, CuInS2 (CIS) has been receiving much attention as an absorber material for thin film solar cells and also as a visible light photocatalyst. He...
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Open AccessUltrabroadband absorptive refractory plasmonics for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactions
As an environmentally friendly and renewable method for hydrogen production powered by solar energy, photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs) using broadband absorbers have received much attention. H...