Hydrothermal etching fabrication of TiO2 @graphene hollow structures: Mutually independent exposed {001} and {101} facets nanocrystals and its synergistic photocaltalytic effects

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liu, Hui ^a   Liu, Shuang ^a   Zhang, Zhiling ^a   Dong, Xiaonan ^a   Liu, Tingting ^a  

^a SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84988532372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33839     Document Type: Article

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