Cu2O-Au nanocomposites with novel structures and remarkable chemisorption capacity and photocatalytic activity

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 948-962

  Hua, Qing ^a,b   Shi, Fucheng ^a,b   Chen, Kai ^b   Chang, Sujie ^a,b   Ma, Yunsheng ^b   Jiang, Zhiquan ^a   Pan, Guoqiang ^b   Huang, Weixin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

chemisorption photocatalysis integrated catalyst; decomposition; metal hydride

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053442036     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0151-8     Document Type: Article

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