Microwave-enhanced photocatalysis on CdS quantum dots - Evidence of acceleration of photoinduced electron transfer

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kishimoto, Fuminao ^a   Imai, Takashi ^a   Fujii, Satoshi ^a,b,c   Mochizuki, Dai ^a,d   Maitani, Masato M ^a   Suzuki, Eiichi ^a   Wada, Yuji ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84935891140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11308     Document Type: Article

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