Size Dependent Plasmonic Effect on BiVO4 Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Liwu ^a,b   Herrmann, Lars O ^b   Baumberg, Jeremy J ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84947552186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16660     Document Type: Article

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