Effects of nanostructure on clean energy: big solutions gained from small features

Science Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 2083-2090

  Xiong, Jinyan ^a   Han, Chao ^a   Li, Zhen ^a,b   Dou, Shixue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clean energy; Electrochemical energy conversion and storage; Functional nanostructures; Photocatalysis; Solar energy; Thermoelectric conversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983095329     PISSN: 20959273     EISSN: 20959281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-015-0972-z     Document Type: Article

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