High degradation activity and quantity production of aluminum-doped zinc oxide nanocrystals modified by nitrogen atoms

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2229-2237

  Wang, Jian Dong ^a   Liu, Jin Ku ^a   Tong, Qin ^a   Lu, Yi ^a   Yang, Xiao Hong ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84894184764     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie4041302     Document Type: Article

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