A Heterojunction Design of Single Layer Hole Tunneling ZnO Passivation Wrapping around TiO 2 Nanowires for Superior Photocatalytic Performance

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Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ghobadi, Amir ^a   Ulusoy, T Gamze ^a   Garifullin, Ruslan ^a   Guler, Mustafa O ^a   Okyay, Ali K ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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DOI: 10.1038/srep30587     Document Type: Article

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