In situ Fabrication of α-Bi2O3/(BiO)2CO3 Nanoplate Heterojunctions with Tunable Optical Property and Photocatalytic Activity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Huang, Yu ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Qian ^a   Cao, Jun Ji ^a   Huang, Ru Jin ^a   Ho, Wingkei ^b   Lee, Shun Cheng ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84961858372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23435     Document Type: Article

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