Semiconductor-Electrocatalyst Interfaces: Theory, Experiment, and Applications in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 733-740

  Nellist, Michael R ^a   Laskowski, Forrest A L ^a   Lin, Fuding ^a   Mills, Thomas J ^a   Boettcher, Shannon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 84966392052     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00001     Document Type: Article

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