Codoping titanium dioxide nanowires with tungsten and carbon for enhanced photoelectrochemical performance
10.1038/ncomms2729
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Cho, I. S., Lee, C. H., Feng, Y., Logar, M., Rao, P. M., Cai, L., Kim, D. R., Sinclair, R., & Zheng, X. (2013). Codoping titanium dioxide nanowires with tungsten and carbon for enhanced photoelectrochemical performance. Nature Communications, 4(1).

Authors 9
  1. In Sun Cho (first)
  2. Chi Hwan Lee (additional)
  3. Yunzhe Feng (additional)
  4. Manca Logar (additional)
  5. Pratap M. Rao (additional)
  6. Lili Cai (additional)
  7. Dong Rip Kim (additional)
  8. Robert Sinclair (additional)
  9. Xiaolin Zheng (additional)
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