Perovskite LaFeO3/montmorillonite nanocomposites: Synthesis, interface characteristics and enhanced photocatalytic activity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Peng, Kang ^a   Fu, Liangjie ^a   Yang, Huaming ^a   Ouyang, Jing ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84955085936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19723     Document Type: Article

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