SiH/TiO2 and GeH/TiO2 heterojunctions: Promising TiO2-based photocatalysts under visible light

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Niu, Mang ^a   Cheng, Daojian ^a   Cao, Dapeng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84899839558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04810     Document Type: Article

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