Molecule-based water-oxidation catalysts (WOCs): Cluster-size-dependent dye-sensitized polyoxometalates for visible-light-driven O2 evolution

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gao, Junkuo ^a   Cao, Shaowen ^a   Tay, Qiuling ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Yu, Lingmin ^a   Ye, Kaiqi ^a   Mun, Peter Choon Sze ^a   Li, Yongxin ^b   Rakesh, Ganguly ^b   Loo, Say Chye Joachim ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a   Zhao, Yang ^a   Xue, Can ^a   Zhang, Qichun ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84878661293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01853     Document Type: Article

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