Artificial photosynthesis and the splitting of water to generate hydrogen

Current Science

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 518-527

  Maitra, Urmimala ^a   Lingampalli, S R ^a   Rao, C N R ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Photosynthesis; Solar energy; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894471340     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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