Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 36, Issue 3, 325(2021)

Facilely Anchoring Cu nanoparticles on WO3 Nanocubes for Enhanced Photocatalysis through Efficient Interface Charge Transfer

Jinyan XIONG1, Qiang LUO2, Kai ZHAO3, Mengmeng ZHANG2, Chao HAN4, and Gang CHENG2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430073, China
  • 22. School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430073, China
  • 33. School of Materials Science and Hydrogen Energy, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
  • 44. Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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    Jinyan XIONG, Qiang LUO, Kai ZHAO, Mengmeng ZHANG, Chao HAN, Gang CHENG. Facilely Anchoring Cu nanoparticles on WO3 Nanocubes for Enhanced Photocatalysis through Efficient Interface Charge Transfer[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2021, 36(3): 325

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    Category: RESEARCH LETTERS

    Received: Mar. 6, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 8, 2021

    The Author Email: CHENG Gang (gchenglab@163.com)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20200116

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