Hierarchical Assembly of SnO 2 /ZnO Nanostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhu, Liangliang ^a   Hong, Minghui ^a   Ho, Ghim Wei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84933060057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11609     Document Type: Article

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