Synergistic effect on the visible light activity of Ti3+ doped TiO2 nanorods/boron doped graphene composite

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xing, Mingyang ^a   Li, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Jinlong ^b  

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

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84903647806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05493     Document Type: Article

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