• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 38, Issue 1, 87 (2023)
Ruyi WANG1,2, Guoliang XU1,2,3, Lei YANG1,2,*, Chonghai DENG1,2..., Delin CHU4, Miao ZHANG5 and Zhaoqi SUN5,*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 11. School of Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University, Hefei 230601, China
  • 22. Key Laboratory of Materials and Technologies for Advanced Batteries, Hefei University, Hefei 230601, China
  • 33. Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc., Hefei 230000, China
  • 44. Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China
  • 55. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20220439 Cite this Article
    Ruyi WANG, Guoliang XU, Lei YANG, Chonghai DENG, Delin CHU, Miao ZHANG, Zhaoqi SUN. p-n Heterostructured BiVO4/g-C3N4 Photoanode: Construction and Its Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Performance [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(1): 87 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Ruyi WANG, Guoliang XU, Lei YANG, Chonghai DENG, Delin CHU, Miao ZHANG, Zhaoqi SUN. p-n Heterostructured BiVO4/g-C3N4 Photoanode: Construction and Its Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Performance [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(1): 87
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