Plasmon-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Current and Hydrogen Production of (MoS2-TiO2)/Au Hybrids

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Li, Ying Ying ^a   Wang, Jia Hong ^a,b   Luo, Zhi Jun ^a   Chen, Kai ^a   Cheng, Zi Qiang ^a   Ma, Liang ^a   Ding, Si Jing ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Wang, Qu Quan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 85026864899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07601-1     Document Type: Article

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