Quinary wurtzite Zn-Ga-Ge-N-O solid solutions and their photocatalytic properties under visible light irradiation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Xie, Yinghao ^a   Wu, Fangfang ^a   Sun, Xiaoqin ^a   Chen, Hongmei ^a   Lv, Meilin ^a   Ni, Shuang ^b   Liu, Gang ^c   Xu, Xiaoxiang ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

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EID: 84954485192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19060     Document Type: Article

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