Photo and Chemical Reduction of Copper onto Anatase-Type TiO2 Nanoparticles with Enhanced Surface Hydroxyl Groups as Efficient Visible Light Photocatalysts

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 797-806

  Eskandarloo, Hamed ^a   Badiei, Alireza ^a   Behnajady, Mohammad A ^b   Mohammadi Ziarani, Ghodsi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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EID: 85027932208     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12455     Document Type: Article

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