Noble-metal-free plasmonic photocatalyst: Hydrogen doped semiconductors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ma, Xiangchao ^a   Dai, Ying ^a   Yu, Lin ^a   Huang, Baibiao ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84893877117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03986     Document Type: Article

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