Thermal photocatalytic generation of H2 over CuAlO2 nanoparticle catalysts in H2O

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Smith, John R ^a,b   Van Steenkiste, Thomas H ^a   Wang, Xiao Gang ^a  

^a Hydrogen Generation Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 59749086273     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.041403     Document Type: Article

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