Efficient Photocatalytic Activities of TiO2 Hollow Fibers with Mixed Phases and Mesoporous Walls

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hou, Huilin ^a,b   Shang, Minghui ^b   Wang, Lin ^b   Li, Wenge ^c   Tang, Bin ^a   Yang, Weiyou ^b  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NINGBO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84944342774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep15228     Document Type: Article

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