Shape Controlled Synthesis of Copper Vanadate Platelet Nanostructures, Their Optical Band Edges, and Solar-Driven Water Splitting Properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Khan, Ibrahim ^a   Qurashi, Ahsanulhaq ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 85032569515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14111-7     Document Type: Article

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