Hydrogen Impurity Defects in Rutile TiO2

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mo, Li Bin ^a   Wang, Yu ^b   Bai, Yang ^a   Xiang, Qing Yun ^a   Li, Qun ^a   Yao, Wen Qing ^c   Wang, Jia Ou ^d   Ibrahim, Kurash ^d   Wang, Huan Hua ^d   Wan, Cai Hua ^e   Cao, Jiang Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84948808372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17634     Document Type: Article

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