Nanoporous CuS with excellent photocatalytic property

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Xu, Wence ^a   Zhu, Shengli ^a,b,c   Liang, Yanqin ^a,b   Li, Zhaoyang ^a,b   Cui, Zhenduo ^a   Yang, Xianjin ^a,b   Inoue, Akihisa ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN KEY LABORATORY OF COMPOSITE AND FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

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EID: 84949575354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18125     Document Type: Article

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