An inexpensive co-intercalated layered double hydroxide composite with electron donor-acceptor character for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zheng, Shufang ^a   Lu, Jun ^a   Yan, Dongpeng ^b   Qin, Yumei ^a   Li, Hailong ^a   Evans, David G ^a   Duan, Xue ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84954349742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12170     Document Type: Article

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