Semiconductor surface chemistry as holy grail in photocatalysis and photovoltaics

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 527-531

  Kamat, Prashant V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 85019617019     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00528     Document Type: Review

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