• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 36, Issue 3, 325 (2021)
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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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20200116 Cite this Article
    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 Copy Citation Text show less
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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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