Synthesis and characterization of ZnS with controlled amount of S vacancies for photocatalytic H2 production under visible light

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Gang ^a   Huang, Baibiao ^a   Li, Zhujie ^a   Lou, Zaizhu ^a   Wang, Zeyan ^a   Dai, Ying ^a   Whangbo, Myung Hwan ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84923649012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08544     Document Type: Article

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