A flexible bio-inspired H2-production photocatalyst

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 220, Issue , 2018, Pages 148-160

  Fu, Junwei ^a   Zhu, Bicheng ^a   You, Wei ^a   Jaroniec, Mietek ^b   Yu, Jiaguo ^a,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bio inspired; Flexible photocatalyst; Hydrogen production; Polyacrylonitrile; ZnxCd1 xS

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027869450     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.08.034     Document Type: Article

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