Enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity of Gd-doped BiFeO3 nanoparticles and mechanism insight

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Ning ^a   Chen, Da ^a   Niu, Feng ^a   Wang, Sen ^a   Qin, Laishun ^a   Huang, Yuexiang ^a  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84969942242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26467     Document Type: Article

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