• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 41, Issue 1, 011701 (2020)
Yanbin Huang1、2、3, Jun Liu1、2, Yanchun Deng1、2、4, Yuanyuan Qian1、2、5, Xiaohao Jia1、2, Mengmeng Ma1、2, Cheng Yang1、2, Kong Liu1、2, Zhijie Wang1、2, Shengchun Qu1、2, and Zhanguo Wang1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3School of Mathematical Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China
  • 4College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
  • 5Anhui Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
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    Yanbin Huang, Jun Liu, Yanchun Deng, Yuanyuan Qian, Xiaohao Jia, Mengmeng Ma, Cheng Yang, Kong Liu, Zhijie Wang, Shengchun Qu, Zhanguo Wang. The application of perovskite materials in solar water splitting[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(1): 011701 Copy Citation Text show less
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