Photo-induced transformation process at gold clusters-semiconductor interface: Implications for the complexity of gold clusters-based photocatalysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liu, Siqi ^a   Xu, Yi Jun ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84960455588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22742     Document Type: Article

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