Biopolymer-activated graphitic carbon nitride towards a sustainable photocathode material

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Yuanjian ^a   Schnepp, Zoë ^b   Cao, Junyu ^b   Ouyang, Shuxin ^b   Li, Ying ^a   Ye, Jinhua ^b   Liu, Songqin ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS)   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CYANOGEN; GRAPHITE; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOPOLYMERS; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRILES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84880310030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02163     Document Type: Article

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