Fabrication of BiOBrxI1-x photocatalysts with tunable visible light catalytic activity by modulating band structures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Xing ^a   Wang, Chu Ya ^a   Wang, Li Wei ^a   Huang, Gui Xiang ^a   Wang, Wei Kang ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84960461430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22800     Document Type: Article

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