Hierarchical semiconductor oxide photocatalyst: A case of the SnO2 microflower

Nano-Micro Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 234-241

  Liu, Yang ^a   Jiao, Yang ^a   Yin, Bosi ^a   Zhang, Siwen ^a   Qu, Fengyu ^a   Wu, Xiang ^a  

^a HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hierarchical structures; Photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885810539     PISSN: 23116706     EISSN: 21505551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5101/nml.v5i4.p234-241     Document Type: Article

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