Effective Charge Carrier Utilization in Photocatalytic Conversions

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 911-921

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Wang, Tuo ^a   Chang, Xiaoxia ^a   Gong, Jinlong ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

CATALYSIS; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84969799090     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00036     Document Type: Article

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