Hierarchical Sheet-on-Sheet ZnIn2S4/g-C3N4 Heterostructure with Highly Efficient Photocatalytic H2 production Based on Photoinduced Interfacial Charge Transfer

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Zhenyi ^a   Liu, Kuichao ^a   Feng, Zhiqing ^a   Bao, Yanan ^a   Dong, Bin ^a  

^a DALIAN NATIONALITIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84954509707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19221     Document Type: Article

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