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TiO 2 -supported Au@CdS core-shell nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic CO 2 conversion.
Appl Catal B-Environ 179:422–432
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and Br) nanocomposites via a sonication-assisted deposition-precipitation approach: emerging
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B-Environ 180:530–543
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prepared using zeolitic imidazolate frameworks as precursors for CO 2 photoreduction. Nanoscale 8(12):6712–6720
35. Wang WN, Wu F, Myung Y et al (2015) Surface engineered CuO nanowires with ZnO islands
for CO 2 photoreduction. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 7(10):5685–5692
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reduction to CH 3 OH via facile coupling of ZnO: a direct Z-scheme mechanism. J Mater Chem
A 3:19936–19947
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