Self-assembly of nitrogen-doped TiO2 with exposed {001} facets on a graphene scaffold as photo-active hybrid nanostructures for reduction of carbon dioxide to methane
10.1007/s12274-014-0514-z
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Ong, W.-J., Tan, L.-L., Chai, S.-P., Yong, S.-T., & Mohamed, A. R. (2014). Self-assembly of nitrogen-doped TiO2 with exposed {001} facets on a graphene scaffold as photo-active hybrid nanostructures for reduction of carbon dioxide to methane. Nano Research, 7(10), 1528–1547.

Authors 5
  1. Wee-Jun Ong (first)
  2. Lling-Lling Tan (additional)
  3. Siang-Piao Chai (additional)
  4. Siek-Ting Yong (additional)
  5. Abdul Rahman Mohamed (additional)
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