Soft Zr-doped TiO2 Nanofibrous Membranes with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for Water Purification

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Song, Jun ^a   Wang, Xueqin ^a   Yan, Jianhua ^a   Yu, Jianyong ^a   Sun, Gang ^a   Ding, Bin ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85019165396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01969-w     Document Type: Article

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