Hydrogen photogeneration promoted by efficient electron transfer from iridium sensitizers to colloidal MoS2 catalysts

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yuan, Yong Jun ^a   Yu, Zhen Tao ^a   Liu, Xiao Jie ^a   Cai, Jian Guang ^a   Guan, Zhong Jie ^a   Zou, Zhi Gang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84922525720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04045     Document Type: Article

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