Tungsten doped TiO 2 with enhanced photocatalytic and optoelectrical properties via aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sathasivam, Sanjayan ^a,b   Bhachu, Davinder S ^a   Lu, Yao ^a   Chadwick, Nicholas ^a   Althabaiti, Shaeel A ^c   Alyoubi, Abdulrahman O ^c   Basahel, Sulaiman N ^c   Carmalt, Claire J ^a   Parkin, Ivan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Bio Nano Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84930681116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10952     Document Type: Article

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