Cu2ZnSnS4/MoS2-Reduced Graphene Oxide Heterostructure: Nanoscale Interfacial Contact and Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Ha, Enna ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Wang, Luyang ^a   Man, Ho Wing ^a   Hu, Liangsheng ^a   Tsang, Shik Chi Edman ^b   Chan, Chris Tsz Leung ^a   Kwok, Wai Ming ^a   Lee, Lawrence Yoon Suk ^a   Wong, Kwok Yin ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85008330517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep39411     Document Type: Article

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