Enhanced photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic behaviors of MFe 2 O 4 (M = Ni, Co, Zn and Sr) modified TiO 2 nanorod arrays

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Gao, Xin ^a   Liu, Xiangxuan ^a   Zhu, Zuoming ^a   Wang, Xuanjun ^a   Xie, Zheng ^a  

^a XI'AN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84979955109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep30543     Document Type: Article

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