An innovative anion regulation strategy for energy bands of semiconductors: A case from bi 2 o 3 to bi 2 O(OH) 2 so 4

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tian, Hao ^a   Teng, Fei ^a   Xu, Juan ^a   Lou, Sunqi ^a   Li, Na ^a   Zhao, Yunxuan ^a   Chen, Mindong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84922932018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07770     Document Type: Article

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