Switched photocurrent direction in Au/TiO2 bilayer thin films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Hongjun ^a   Liu, Gang ^b   Wang, Lianzhou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

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EID: 84934881057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10852     Document Type: Article

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