Light Illuminated α-Fe2O3/Pt Nanoparticles as Water Activation Agent for

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Xiaodong ^a,b   Wang, Zhi ^a   Zhang, Zemin ^c   Chen, Lulu ^c   Cheng, Jianli ^a,b   Ni, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Bin ^a,b   Xie, Erqing ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^b Sichuan Research Center of New Materials   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84936951535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09130     Document Type: Article

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