Highly efficient photocatalytic z-scheme hydrogen production over oxygen-deficient WO3-x nanorods supported Zn0.3Cd0.7S heterostructure

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Yousaf, Ammar Bin ^a   Imran, M ^b   Zaidi, Syed Javaid ^a   Kasak, Peter ^a  

^a Qatar University   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 85026292177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06808-6     Document Type: Article

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