Black Hydroxylated Titanium Dioxide Prepared via Ultrasonication with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fan, Chenyao ^a   Chen, Chao ^a   Wang, Jia ^a   Fu, Xinxin ^a   Ren, Zhimin ^a   Qian, Guodong ^a   Wang, Zhiyu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85029667536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/SREP11712     Document Type: Article

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