PH-regulated template-free assembly of Sb 4 O 5 Cl 2 hollow microsphere crystallites with self-narrowed bandgap and optimized photocatalytic performance

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yang, Liuqing ^a   Huang, Jianfeng ^a   Cao, Liyun ^a   Shi, Li ^b   Yu, Qing ^b   Kong, Xingang ^a   Jie, Yanni ^a  

^a SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 84975092099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep27765     Document Type: Article

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