Hydrogen production by Tuning the Photonic Band Gap with the Electronic Band Gap of TiO2

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Waterhouse, G I N ^a   Wahab, A K ^c,d   Al Oufi, M ^c,d   Jovic, V ^a   Anjum, D H ^e   Sun Waterhouse, D ^a   Llorca, J ^b   Idriss, H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84930686208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02849     Document Type: Article

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