Best Practice in Photocatalysis: Comparing Rates or Apparent Quantum Yields?

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1907-1910

  Kisch, Horst ^a   Bahnemann, Detlef ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84930225985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00521     Document Type: Review

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