CdS sensitized 3D hierarchical TiO2/ZnO heterostructure for efficient solar energy conversion

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zheng, Zhaoke ^a   Xie, Wen ^b   Lim, Zhi Shiuh ^a   You, Lu ^a   Wang, Junling ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84904624286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05721     Document Type: Article

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