Engineering MoS x /Ti/InP Hybrid Photocathode for Improved Solar Hydrogen Production

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Li, Qiang ^a   Zheng, Maojun ^a,b   Zhong, Miao ^c   Ma, Liguo ^a   Wang, Faze ^a   Ma, Li ^a   Shen, Wenzhong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b School of Electronic Science and Engineering   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84979019881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep29738     Document Type: Article

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