Ce3+-ion, Surface Oxygen Vacancy, and Visible Light-induced Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Photocapacitive Performance of CeO2-Graphene Nanostructures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Khan, Mohammad Ehtisham ^a   Khan, Mohammad Mansoob ^b   Cho, Moo Hwan ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

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EID: 85025165840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06139-6     Document Type: Article

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