Secondary coordination sphere accelerates hole transfer for enhanced hydrogen photogeneration from [FeFe]-hydrogenase mimic and CdSe QDs in water

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wen, Min ^a   Li, Xu Bing ^a   Jian, Jing Xin ^a   Wang, Xu Zhe ^a   Wu, Hao Lin ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Tung, Chen Ho ^a   Wu, Li Zhu ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 84978767478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep29851     Document Type: Article

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