Photocatalytic activity and related surface properties of transparent ZNO films prepared by a low-temperature aqueous route

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1009-1015

  Wagata, Hajime ^a   Katsumata, Ken Ichi ^a,b   Ohashi, Naoki ^c   Sakai, Munetoshi ^b   Nakajima, Akira ^a,b   Fujishima, Akira ^b   Okada, Kiyoshi ^a   Matsushita, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 80052417635     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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