Controllable synthesis and tunable photocatalytic properties of Ti3+-doped TiO2

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ren, Ren ^a   Wen, Zhenhai ^a   Cui, Shumao ^a   Hou, Yang ^a   Guo, Xiaoru ^a   Chen, Junhong ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

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EID: 84930620351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10714     Document Type: Article

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