Detecting the oxyl radical of photocatalytic water oxidation at an n-SrTiO 3 /aqueous interface through its subsurface vibration

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 549-555

  Herlihy, David M ^a   Waegele, Matthias M ^a   Chen, Xihan ^a   Pemmaraju, C D ^b   Prendergast, David ^b   Cuk, Tanja ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84971290049     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2497     Document Type: Article

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