Band gap tunable Zn2SnO4 nanocubes through thermal effect and their outstanding ultraviolet light photoresponse

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Hu, Linfeng ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Liao, Meiyong ^b   Fang, Xiaosheng ^a   Wu, Limin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 84923350305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06847     Document Type: Article

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