Bi4TaO8Cl Nano-Photocatalyst: Influence of Local, Average, and Band Structure

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 5525-5536

  Bhat, Swetha S M ^a   Swain, Diptikanta ^b   Feygenson, Mikhail ^c   Neuefeind, Joerg C ^c   Mishra, Abhishek K ^d   Hodala, Janardhan L ^a   Narayana, Chandrabhas ^b   Shanbhag, Ganapati V ^a   Sundaram, Nalini G ^a  

^a POORNAPRAJNA INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY STUDIES   (India)

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EID: 85019493242     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: 1520510X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01970     Document Type: Article

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