Identifying champion nanostructures for solar water-splitting
10.1038/nmat3684
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Warren, S. C., Voïtchovsky, K., Dotan, H., Leroy, C. M., Cornuz, M., Stellacci, F., Hébert, C., Rothschild, A., & Grätzel, M. (2013). Identifying champion nanostructures for solar water-splitting. Nature Materials, 12(9), 842–849.

Authors 9
  1. Scott C. Warren (first)
  2. Kislon Voïtchovsky (additional)
  3. Hen Dotan (additional)
  4. Celine M. Leroy (additional)
  5. Maurin Cornuz (additional)
  6. Francesco Stellacci (additional)
  7. Cécile Hébert (additional)
  8. Avner Rothschild (additional)
  9. Michael Grätzel (additional)
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@article{Warren_2013, title={Identifying champion nanostructures for solar water-splitting}, volume={12}, ISSN={1476-4660}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat3684}, DOI={10.1038/nmat3684}, number={9}, journal={Nature Materials}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Warren, Scott C. and Voïtchovsky, Kislon and Dotan, Hen and Leroy, Celine M. and Cornuz, Maurin and Stellacci, Francesco and Hébert, Cécile and Rothschild, Avner and Grätzel, Michael}, year={2013}, month=jul, pages={842–849} }