Visible-light-driven photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic performances of Cr-doped SrTiO3/TiO2 heterostructured nanotube arrays

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Jiao, Zhengbo ^a   Chen, Tao ^a   Xiong, Jinyan ^a   Wang, Teng ^a   Lu, Gongxuan ^a   Ye, Jinhua ^b   Bi, Yingpu ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 84884659487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02720     Document Type: Article

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