An in-situ synthesis of Ag/AgCl/TiO2/hierarchical porous magnesian material and its photocatalytic performance

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yang, Lu ^a,b   Wang, Fazhou ^a   Shu, Chang ^b   Liu, Peng ^b   Zhang, Wenqin ^b   Hu, Shuguang ^a  

^a Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84959019182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21617     Document Type: Article

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