Highly Visible Light Responsive, Narrow Band gap TiO2 Nanoparticles Modified by Elemental Red Phosphorus for Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemical Applications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ansari, Sajid Ali ^a   Cho, Moo Hwan ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84966292018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep25405     Document Type: Article

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