Controlled synthesis and visible light photocatalytic activity of Bi12GeO20 uniform microcrystals

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wan, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Gaoke ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84923369668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06298     Document Type: Article

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